Example sentences of "less [adj] than [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shoemaker asserts that Tunguska-like explosions should be a common fate of small bolides entering the terrestrial atmosphere , provided only that they are less strong than iron objects . |
| 2 | The spectrum of questions for which answers were sought took in everything from specifics , like ‘ Are dialogue sequences less compelling than action scenes ? ’ to abstracts querying the very suspension of disbelief principle thought essential to any form of drama viewing — especially children 's viewing . |
| 3 | School chairs tend to be even less comfortable than school beds , and I found it impossible to sit still for long — a fact which did n't endear me to irritable teachers , especially those who also resented my ‘ witty ’ ( i.e. irrelevant ) remarks . |
| 4 | Students studying on specialist IT programmes were less likely than conversion students to be in employment or to be seeking work ( Table 4.3 ) . |
| 5 | Sceptics may doubt whether anyone would read it but our survey shows that viewers take PEBs seriously and rate them only slightly less useful than news broadcasts for helping decide how to vote ( though much less useful than news broadcasts for providing information ) . |
| 6 | Sceptics may doubt whether anyone would read it but our survey shows that viewers take PEBs seriously and rate them only slightly less useful than news broadcasts for helping decide how to vote ( though much less useful than news broadcasts for providing information ) . |
| 7 | Fish oils are less saturated than animal fats . |
| 8 | In particular , the New York Times/CBS poll of Oct. 22 found that 79 per cent believed foreign policy less important than home issues , that only 37 per cent approved Bush 's handling of the economy , and that 56 per cent believed that the recession was getting worse . |
| 9 | People for whom career goals are less important than comfort goals ( lower achievers in an organizational sense ) are more likely to watch others play sport ; their first sexual experiences occur younger and more frequently thereafter . |
| 10 | Balsa wood can also be smoked after it has been broken into little pieces , but some say it is even less rewarding than banana skins . |
| 11 | As would be expected , own solicitors are less available than duty solicitors and rota schemes perform better than panels . |
| 12 | policy spokesmen are less ideological than policy advocates . |
| 13 | Although industrial disputes were much less common than food riots , historians have recently come to recognise that they were much more frequent than had been allowed . |
| 14 | Too steep for tillage , the higher slopes of the hills carried innumerable sheep , and the mild , damp climate made the land less suitable than chalk downlands for the sheep fold and wheat growing . |
| 15 | These PMR systems were even less secure than land lines so he did not ask what the problem was . |