Example sentences of "less efficient and " in BNC.
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| 1 | This increases soil acidity , and encourages trees to form shallow roots , which are less efficient and more prone to the effects of drought . |
| 2 | Output becomes less efficient and profitable in the earliest developed regions as diseconomies of scale arise . |
| 3 | Unfortunately with the appearance of resistance and the necessary switch to less efficient and less persistent compounds , this technique is becoming more and more expensive ; and environmentalists and the householders themselves increasingly oppose their use . |
| 4 | But once we turn 30 , our hair follicles become less efficient and produce hairs which are smaller in diameter and in length . |
| 5 | Of greater relevance here , they also observe that it is an ‘ important reason why the market for corporate control is less efficient and effective than most other markets ’ . |
| 6 | This logic has the advantage that it protects the more efficient contractor and exposes the less efficient and is thus conducive to efficiency in the long run . |
| 7 | Once serfs began paying redemption dues they discovered that their new taskmaster , the state , was less efficient and less demanding than the gentry . |
| 8 | Julian says the conventional sewage treatment plants being installed by Severn Trent are less efficient and cost 10 times as much to build.Severn Trent says it ca n't comment on the seven million pound claim until the court hearing . |