Example sentences of "[adj] than it sound " in BNC.

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1 Topics will include Compulsory Competitive Tendering , Local Management of Schools , the Community Charge and National Vocational Qualifications ( probably a lot more interesting than it sounds in black & white ! ) .
2 Maybe it 's more exciting than it sounds .
3 This may sound a silly question , since this book assumes that its readers are looking for a place to live in the British Isles , but it is more sensible than it sounds .
4 You 've got to get Boris 's agreement before anyone can press the trigger or is this actually much more dangerous than it sounds , is he saying we want to take over the nuclear weapons .
5 ( Since many farmers vote Socialist , this idea is less bland than it sounds . )
6 What makes Mr Yashin 's ambitious goal less ludicrous than it sounds is Sberbank 's near-monopoly of Russia 's household savings .
7 The question was less innocent than it sounded .
8 This was far more tricky than it sounds .
9 Hearse ArĂȘte is certainly worth a mention , being much less macabre than it sounds , simply the companion to Undertake 's Buttress !
10 In fact the lymphangiogram turned out to be less arduous than it sounded .
11 This was more difficult than it sounded since he did not keep either regular or normal hours .
12 This is a good deal more difficult than it sounds , as small pieces of fluff and hairs always seem to appear from thin air by the million and float down on to the glass !
13 This is much more difficult than it sounds , and requires a great deal of skill and practice ( see Mann 1985 ; Oppenheim 1966 ) .
14 Planning the appointment of a language tutor in advance can be more difficult than it sounds .
15 ASKING PIGS AND CHICKENS HOW THEY PREFER TO LIVE IS LESS FANTASTIC THAN IT SOUNDS .
16 It was more enjoyable than it sounds , as there was good acting and some humour in it .
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