Example sentences of "being [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is undoubtedly closer to being right than the view that Europe would be better off if the ERM collapsed altogether . |
| 2 | Love was something other , to be cultivated in an intense yet innocent fashion , to inspire deeds of gallantry and to transform the knight into a thinking , feeling being rather than one who picked up his sword without any forethought . |
| 3 | Never having shown the same propensity as the French for violent revolution , the dispossessed have entered into a complex ritual of action within the processes of the criminal justice system , and in doing so have encouraged those tasked with their containment to consider them as being less than human and therefore needing further control and discipline . |
| 4 | Instead , it loudly criticises the changes suggested by Ray MacSharry , the EC 's farm commissioner , while being less than forthright about its preferred alternative . |
| 5 | Some researchers have observed that teachers are prone to ignore truancy , being less than sympathetic to those whom they regard as ‘ non-conformers ’ and whose absence means a smaller and easier class to manage . |
| 6 | At the Cabinet level there were embarrassing signs of the Prime Minister being less than fully in control of events . |
| 7 | A study published by Age Concern Scotland asserts , that , ‘ to be dependent is to face the danger of being less than fully human because to be dependent is to live with the prospect of having our bodies cared for but our personal and social lives neglected or even dismissed as irrelevant . ’ |
| 8 | Early encashment values are not guaranteed and may result in the amount received being less than the original investment ( please refer to the table below ) . |
| 9 | This is made crystal clear in a somewhat laboured exposition in a book by Preece and Maier published in 1889 : Let us suppose the two microphonic transmitters are placed on the stage at T and T 1 , and these transmitters separately connected by two distinct wires to two telephone receivers , R and R 1 , which are applied to both ears to hear the actor , whom we will suppose to be placed at A. It is easy to understand that , the distance of this actor from transmitter T being less than that from transmitter T 1 , his song will be more distinctly reproduced by transmitter T than by T 1 , and the stronger impression will be produced on the left ear . |
| 10 | That may have been the occasion on which , according to tradition , Betsy went to her quarters and changed her clothes as disaster threatened , her fear of the elements being less than her horror of being washed ashore in less than spotless undergarments . |
| 11 | But such responses are inadequate , being less than the best that God intended , and has provided for . |
| 12 | Government participation in economic life was relatively small — the percentage of GNP taken by the government at the turn of the century being less than 10 per cent ; and the creation of wealth was carried out very largely by private enterprise . |
| 13 | But there are two reasons to suspect this argument of being less than compelling . |
| 14 | But she knew that she was being less than honest . |
| 15 | So it is all the more remarkable that in France , Spain and Italy , where politicians hesitate before being less than wholeheartedly Europhile , parties have either come into government , or may soon do so , that are less enthusiastic about European union than those they replaced . |
| 16 | Although the inclination angle can not be determined , the a priori probability that it is less than must be at least and has 95% probability of being less than . |
| 17 | Curiously , in being less than art , the new ‘ cutting-edge ’ art has turned out to be more than art . |
| 18 | In broadcasting the French predilection for state leadership , fresh starts and grand plans is widely regarded as being less than a great success . |
| 19 | Being less than perfect matched with being as perfect as possible was one of the human conundrums that also fired my imagination . |
| 20 | Maternal risk factors known at booking were age under 18 or over 35 ; primiparity or parity of more than three ; being in manual or non-manual work ; being less than 158 cm tall ; attending antenatal care after 18 weeks ' gestation ; having diabetes ; being a smoker ; being of Asian origin ; having a history of infertility ; having a husband in social class III manual , IV , or V ; and having a general practitioner not on the obstetric list . |
| 21 | If the first furrow was straight , example and actual guidance helped to persuade the ploughman who followed after him to draw the other furrows in the stetch in like manner : if the first furrow was bent nothing could prevent the others from being less than perfect also . |
| 22 | This is at least consistent with the source being less than one milli-light-second ( i.e. 300 km ) across . |
| 23 | She realised , as she had mentioned to Laura , she was quite as guilty as her superiors of being less than open with the police . |
| 24 | It was screamingly obvious that he was being less than honest about his relationship with Elise . |
| 25 | Was that what he meant by ‘ being less than honest ’ ? |
| 26 | ( 2 ) The offer shall be made by notice specifying the number of shares offered , and limiting a period ( not being less than fourteen days ) within which the offer , if not accepted , will be deemed to be declined . |
| 27 | All such offers of Shares shall be made by notice in writing and every such offer shall limit a time ( not being less than twenty-one days or more than forty-two days ) within which the offer must be accepted or , in default , will be deemed to have been declined . |
| 28 | ( 6 ) If the company shall not within the period limited for acceptance find a Purchaser or Purchasers willing to purchase all the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice the Proposing Transferor shall at any time within [ three ] months after the Directors have so confirmed their inability to him in writing be at liberty to transfer the Shares to any person not being a Member but capable of being a Member under these Articles on a bona fide sale at any price not being less than the Prescribed Price but in that event the Directors may , in their absolute discretion , decline to register any such transfer of any Share and shall not be required or bound to state the reason for any refusal . |
| 29 | ( 2 ) The offer shall be made by notice specifying the number of shares offered , and limiting a period ( not being less than fourteen days ) within which the offer , if not accepted , will be deemed to be declined . |
| 30 | All such offers of Shares shall be made by notice in writing and every such offer shall limit a time ( not being less than twenty-one days or more than forty-two days ) within which the offer must be accepted or , in default , will be deemed to have been declined . |