Example sentences of "less [adj] than [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | People often mention ‘ metal whiskers ’ as if they were the only kind but , as a matter of fact , metal whiskers are less common and less interesting than whiskers of non-metals and it is about these latter that we shall mostly talk . |
| 2 | Ratings of radio news were less predictable than ratings of television but they too were influenced by recent political interest , motivations for following the campaign , and degree of party preference . |
| 3 | Faculties of agriculture may be less important than faculties of planning and community development and the facility to suspend disbelief . |
| 4 | Candidal infection of the penis is much less common than infection of the female genitalia . |
| 5 | For other members of the department , some of whom were less aware than Joanne of what they were trying to achieve via the new approach , this was even more the case . |