Example sentences of "less [adj] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was even less palatable now that its strength made the taste discernible . |
| 2 | As one person put it , ‘ The only ones who knew me from the time I was born have gone , and it 's almost as if that period in my life is less real now that there is no one left alive who shared it with me . ’ |
| 3 | Even threats by the Basque terrorist group , ETA , to sabotage the World Fair seem less frightening now that key leaders have been captured . |
| 4 | A layer of dust seems less important now that the years are numbered . |
| 5 | They had no more snow , and the streams they crossed were free of ice ; the unnatural winter was less severe now that they were out of the hills . |
| 6 | Her duties as a chaperone had become less evident now that she was accustomed to Paul and had been spoken to kindly . |
| 7 | Then , apparently deciding that the idyll was over , he wandered away , his limp much less apparent now that his wound was healing well . |
| 8 | Gauging water requirements is less difficult now that moisture meters are available , but in the absence of one , water to fill the space at the top of the container between compost surface and rim , let it soak through , repeat and allow the surplus to drain off , then leave the plant until the compost surface appears dry . |
| 9 | Loretta speculated to herself that Bridget 's nerve was becoming a little less steady now that her own involvement in the affair was taking on a more practical aspect . |
| 10 | Among the " quick fix " solutions which have been proposed to counter global warming are : placing thousand of large mirrors in space to reflect sunlight ; making aircraft engines less efficient so that soot builds up in the stratosphere , with similar effect ; dumping iron filings into the oceans to stimulate the growth of plankton , which absorbs carbon dioxide ; using lasers to break up chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere ; and firing a million tons of dust into the upper atmosphere , also with a view to reflecting solar radiation . |
| 11 | 6.8 The observations above on the behaviour of these adjectives may appear to suggest a surprising degree of linguistic sophistication on the part of ordinary language users ; it may , though , seem less surprising now that we have recognized in the earlier part of this chapter the sense-qualifiers , since these distinctively qualify the property of a noun without constituting a qualification of the corresponding entity . |
| 12 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc had been in discussions with Novell Inc for a NetWare client for its Open Desktop products — see front page — but those talks are more or less canned now that SCO thinks it 'll be able to get the same stuff through COSE . |