Example sentences of "but it is less " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have hinted that the dawn has many times come to me through the leaves of the willow , but it is less the tree itself nowadays that transmits things seen to my mind — than something of which the willow is a visible type . |
| 2 | One might forgive the hyperbole in a politician but it is less easy to take from academic or journalistic critics . |
| 3 | It is surprising that he attended Hall 's conclave as he had a well-known dislike of competitions , but it is less surprising that he was selected to be a judge in view of his connections with two of the other judges and the probability that he would not wish to enter the competition himself . |
| 4 | It sounds an unsavoury task , but it is less unhealthy than the job of ‘ night soil ’ collectors who in many countries spend their nights emptying buckets . |
| 5 | This is a little more expensive than a normal invitation but it is less likely that it will get lost . |
| 6 | But it is less easy to see how they might be described in reference to grammar on the one hand and lexis on the other . |
| 7 | The identification of fire arms is not difficult in crash wreckage but it is less easy to be certain that an explosion on board an aircraft in flight resulted from a bomb or perhaps a disintegrating turbine disc or an explosive decompression of the cabin . |
| 8 | In earlier social systems this relationship was obvious , but it is less visible under capitalism , where workers are not tied to any particular capital owner but must be employed by someone , a dependency which forces workers to accept wages which expropriate surplus value from them . |
| 9 | But it is less easy to take a vanishing oboe at a critical stage of the first movement development or the generally under-nourished and acoustically ill-focused playing of the second violins . |
| 10 | Hangman is well known as a spelling game , but it is less useful than it should be , because it is usually played as a pure guessing game . |
| 11 | The Bar also has a complaints machinery , but it is less complex than that relating to solicitors . |
| 12 | It is safe to say that the traditional Marxist ‘ base and superstructure ’ is notable for its absence in Foucault , but it is less clear what he thinks is the role of economics in social and penal change . |
| 13 | Starting in 1982 , an Autumn Statement has been made , but it is less detailed than the Procedure Committee had intended . |
| 14 | So , the electorate can choose representatives for Parliament but it is less able to choose a government and a programme that will be implemented . |
| 15 | In total , much more is known but it is less fully integrated . |
| 16 | Metal miners also experienced marked increases in money wages , but it is less clear if they managed to keep fully abreast of price increases . |
| 17 | Such hidden assertions can easily be discovered , but it is less easy to notice two further presuppositions in the sentence : " It is possible to evaluate texts ( i.e. say that one is the 'best' ) " and " It is possible for texts to reflect social attitudes " . |
| 18 | ‘ It is easier to control the monetary base than broader money , but it is less relevant to do so . ’ |
| 19 | So it now appears that in addition to the 18 strings , a performance of this ballets would require eight ‘ oboes , but it is less clear how such a group fits into the two types of instrumental scoring evident in the ballet . |