Example sentences of "[is] less [adj] [conj] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The susceptibility of individuals to disease ; if animals are kept or treated in such a way that their immune system does not work very well , that in itself tells you that their welfare is less good than it might be . |
| 2 | Hangman is well known as a spelling game , but it is less useful than it should be , because it is usually played as a pure guessing game . |
| 3 | It is very difficult to see how Germany is less centralised and it should be clear that the ‘ subsidiarity ’ principle is merely an allocation of competence , as in the hierarchy of a company , rather than a distribution of power . |
| 4 | ‘ If the track authority is less cost-efficient than it might be , it 's going to shackle what we can do as an operator , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Ideas that arise in Quadrant 4 may be very exciting to the person concerned , but be seen as trivial by those who have to implement them , with the result that the innovation process is less effective than it might be . |
| 6 | This is a little more expensive than a normal invitation but it is less likely that it will get lost . |
| 7 | If religion is less significant than it used to be in modern societies , it may be that the emotional issues are resolved too , or that they have found other modes of expression , in the arts and entertainments , and in political movements . |
| 8 | As ever , the men look more impressive than the women , but the difference is less marked than it used to be . |
| 9 | It is less clear whether it can be used to measure plant area though a possible technique is to redesign its optical system to focus on a small area and then use it to scan a larger area , agreeing that a reading above some pre-determined level is ON , below it is OFF . |