Example sentences of "seemed less [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Civitas Dei dismayed many of Curtis ' admirers at the time of its publication , but such ideas seemed less ridiculous under the stress of war , when the usual urge was experienced to justify the ways of man to God . |
| 2 | The stone buildings surrounding it seemed less solid in the moonlight , as if they might at any moment shimmer and disappear . |
| 3 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 4 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 5 | Her manner was different ; she often left home alone , and she seemed less interested in the gang . |
| 6 | Wesleyans , along with Primitive Methodists , seemed less concerned with the need for an educated ministry than the Baptists and Congregationalists . |