Example sentences of "[vb pp] to less [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the mild or ‘ not breathless ’ cases in this survey , particularly children , may have responded to less aggressive intervention . |
| 2 | Built to less permanent construction that our other types . |
| 3 | Highly falsifiable theories should be preferred to less falsifiable ones , then , provided they have not in fact been falsified . |
| 4 | This difference in the age at which women begin childbearing reflects both the later age at union and the greater frequency of deliberate postponement of first births in developed compared to less advanced countries . |
| 5 | Against these sums the sentences imposed on the defendants appear modest when compared to less successful white-collar criminals . |
| 6 | Selective dissolution is restricted to less stable mineralogies and , in places , to strain boundaries within grains ( McBride , 1985 ) ; it results in intragranular , or partial intragranular , secondary porosity ( Schmidt et al. , 1977 ) . |
| 7 | The public expenditure cuts forced on the government in 1947 and the false sense of security that enough had been done led to less vigorous reinforcement of regional policy programmes . |
| 8 | For example , the benefits of a soil conservation programme will be felt not only by the direct land users who are causing the soil erosion , but by others who may be subjected to less severe crop losses , deposition of gravel on cultivated land , loss of livestock and building or siltation of canal irrigation networks . |
| 9 | If the report is directed to less privileged and well-informed mortals , either avoid it or explain it . |
| 10 | Coppers were sometimes shared , which gave rise to disputes between neighbours , and mangles were sometimes rented to less fortunate families on the street at a 1d per load . |