Example sentences of "also be less [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There are many standard ways of making disapproval obvious in an oblique way ( not up to quota , not up to standard , disappointing , seem unable to match performance of competitor , there must be a problem somewhere , etc. ) which may be less offensive than the direct method — but may also be less effective .
2 So in ten or 15 years ’ time , when audiences are less capable of watching complex and difficult plays of language , the actors will also be less capable of doing them .
3 If child B has had a relatively unstressful childhood , he will attain adulthood with a lower vulnerability than A. Child C , who also had a stressful upbringing , but inherited a tendency to react much less strongly or negatively to the environment , will also be less vulnerable in adulthood than A. However , there has so far been little cross-fertilisation between research on genetic factors in depression and research on life events .
4 The ‘ bourgeois liberalism ’ dreaded by the authorities would also be less likely to have an impact .
5 Also the defection of players of the quality of Jonathan Davies , Martin Offiah and David Young to rugby league would also be less likely .
6 This is because they require information on future births and migration , for which accurate predictions at a local level are always difficult , and because the ancillary information available will also be less detailed .
7 The interdependence problem may also be less severe when one reintroduces the distinction between the cost of capital for a division and the cost for an SBU .
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