Example sentences of "[be] of much less [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that these 16 treatment comparisons across blocks are of much less interest than the 12 within-block comparisons and we can be satisfied with what are effectively two separate four-plot experiments . |
| 2 | The oddity is that the jurist seems to deal only with the second question , which is of much less complexity than the first . |
| 3 | Only then shall we be able to assess how far the dominance of the public schools and ( what is of much less significance ) of Oxford and Cambridge has begun to lessen . |
| 4 | At root , the educational changes with which we are engaged are fuelled by rapidly changing socio-economic patterns , and the particular political drive given to these at the moment is of much less importance ( in anything other than the short term ) than we may often feel to be the case . |
| 5 | In sum , it seems , the principle which is supposed to underlie the formation of groups , of which nationalists are one , is of much less importance than the existence of the groups . |
| 6 | It is of much less importance in large scale survey research where questions are formulated in advance and respondents contacted only once . |
| 7 | ( c ) Trading stamps The Trading Stamps Act 1964 ( as amended ) ( see SOGIT 1973 and Sched 4 of CCA 1974 ) , is of much less importance now that trading stamps are available in so few shops . |
| 8 | This , however , is surely not a matter for grave concern ( except of course to ardent devotees ) since the precise metaphysical status of the magic shibboleth is of much less interest than the insights which it has inspired . |