Example sentences of "less [adj] [conj] it appeared " in BNC.

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1 However , she fell asleep at last , and Breeze took this to mean that the burn must be less serious than it appeared .
2 Off the front tees it is less daunting than it appeared on TV , but not much .
3 In fact , this decision was less revolutionary than it appeared : Bush has brought the deadline forward from 2000 , as laid down under the Montreal Protocol , to 1995 , but the EC had already decided to adopt a 1997 deadline and the US had been lagging behind world opinion .
4 But even here the other member of the department interviewed explained that the syllabus was far less prescriptive than it appeared , and that most members of the department interpreted it fairly flexibly .
5 In fact , however , de Gaulle 's position was less secure than it appeared .
6 Fortunately for the Labour Party , the position of the Tories as the party of government was less secure that it appeared to be in the late '50s .
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