Example sentences of "[conj] is less " in BNC.
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| 1 | The image may have softened somewhat " or is less the subject of common gossip , but the old picture remains in the public mind and some of the derelictions continue but with more discretion . |
| 2 | This method of bandaging provides a firm grip that is less likely to slide of and fall in festoons during the ensuing bout . |
| 3 | However , he begins , after a fashion that is less rare with him than is commonly supposed , by apologizing for the impressionism that supplies him with the terms he needs : |
| 4 | Up to 40 flights a day bring in weapons and ammunition , including Frog 7s , a short range surface-to-surface missile that is less expensive than the Scud missiles already provided . |
| 5 | The ski resorts have done their bit too , grooming many of their slopes to a baby-bottom smoothness that is less fun for adolescent hot-doggers but easier on older legs . |
| 6 | Like all liquids , water that is less dense tends to float upon water that is more dense . |
| 7 | In her anxiety not to ‘ assist ’ the nationalistic bourgeoisie of Poland , Rosa Luxemburg , by her denial of the right of secession in the programme of the Russian Marxists is , in fact , assisting the Great Russian Black Hundreds ( extreme Right ) ; she is in fact assisting … the nationalism of the Great Russians … the most formidable at the present time : it is precisely the one that is less bourgeois and more feudal , and it is precisely the one that acts as the principal brake on democracy and the proletarian struggle . |
| 8 | The girl who was beaten up , for instance , may be urged to reconstruct the incident in a way that is less traumatic than it originally was . |
| 9 | Heber 's study , the Post said , ‘ revealed not that mental deficiencies are passed on genetically , but that mentally retarded mothers tend to create an environment that is less conducive to mental development than that created by slum neighbours of normal intelligence , ’ The New York Times told its readers : ‘ The Milwaukee Project , an experiment in intensive preschool education for ( potentially retarded ) children , has proved that they can be raised more than 30 test points higher than other children from the same environment and with the same type of mother . ’ |
| 10 | Both the increased cost and the loss in predictive validity will most hurt the poor and disadvantaged , who will be paying more for a test that is less likely to spot unfulfilled native abilities . |
| 11 | His ‘ abc ’ is based on the same foundations of activity based principles — but he offers an approach that is less complex , easier and cheaper to implement . |
| 12 | Therefore we think that GH5 has a primary DNA-binding site , which is similar to that of CAP , and a secondary binding site that is less structurally defined and may consist of a group of basic residues interacting with phosphates on a second DNA duplex . |
| 13 | The struggle to end capitalist wage labour can not be helped by women opting out and can only be undertaken by a working class that is less divided by male domination than the present one . |
| 14 | Does n't it ever strike you as faintly ludicrous — the pursuit of happiness by a species that is less equipped for it than anything in nature ? ’ |
| 15 | In order to secure a " constitutional premiership " that is less powerful and more accountable to the party and parliament , there are those within the Labour Party who would wish to change the British constitution so as to restrict the powers of a Prime Minister . |
| 16 | of course If the forecaster has merely averaged out considerable fluctuations to give an overall steady state that is less useful than a genuine steady state . |
| 17 | It was black , the sort of black that is less a colour than a graveyard of colours , and there was a highly-ornate runic inscription up the blade . |
| 18 | ‘ In these times of stiff competition and a market that is less favourable than in previous years , competitors are turning in less good results , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ( 2 ) The projection can be held across a strip of behavior that is less long than a grammatical sentence … |
| 20 | In certain transactions one might be requested to accept a root of title that is less than 15 years old or a document other than a mortgage , or a conveyance on sale as the root deed . |
| 21 | But they are keen on the average private investor because he does not expect to have lunch once a quarter and is less likely to sell out during a takeover bid . |
| 22 | The overweight person , on the other hand , is usually not so mindful of internal sensations as a cue for eating or abstaining , and is less likely to take exercise as an antidote to excess indulgence . |
| 23 | Hay that has lost its colour has a lower nutritional value and is less palatable . |
| 24 | Indeed , because the oceans are heated from above , and warm water expands and is less dense than cold water , the warm water tends simply to sit on the surface , unless otherwise disturbed . |
| 25 | Understand and use transactional language effectively on occasions where the situation or topic requires more than one outcome and is less readily familiar to the pupils and/or their audience . |
| 26 | Platelet factor 4 ( PF4 ) , which also binds heparin , is even better at stopping angiogenesis in tissue cultures and is less toxic than protamine , Folkman says . |
| 27 | The Children Act 1989 is likely to require much more account to be taken of the children 's views and those of their parents and other interested parties , but it is a process which is still seen as difficult , and is less frequently carried out than is desirable . |
| 28 | Written language , on the other hand , makes such interpersonal functions less critical ; it can be conducted over time and space and is less subject to immediate feed-back . |
| 29 | This technique employs a more gradual fixation procedure and is less likely to produce broken preparations showing artefactual losses of chromosomes . |
| 30 | The Boltzmann machine may miss the best solution and climb a foothill , or be stuck on a knife edge ; but the genetic learner has a broader view of many possible states , and is less likely to be so caught . |