Example sentences of "[adj] than it seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , as we noted , the definition of pragmatics as concerned with encoded aspects of context may be less restrictive than it seems at first sight ; for if in general ( a ) principles of language usage have as corollaries principles of interpretation , and ( b ) principles of language usage are likely in the long run to impinge on grammar ( and some empirical support can be found for both propositions ) , then theories about pragmatic aspects of meaning will be closely related to theories about the grammaticalization of aspects of context . |
| 2 | Particularly , the notion of ‘ equivalent ways of doing or saying the same thing ’ to which Weiner and Labov obliquely refer ( see above ) is much less straightforward than it seems . |
| 3 | This may be less serious than it seems . |
| 4 | The Sphinx : probably carved from rock that had been roughly shaped by the wind , and therefore even more ancient than it seems . |
| 5 | The debate about using readmission to measure quality of care is obviously much more complex than it seems at first sight . |
| 6 | And yet Efraim Karsh and Inari Rautsi argue pretty persuasively that the first invasion was more reasonable than it seemed , and that the second was caused by the first . |
| 7 | Presumably it eventually dies , but that is less important than it seems to us mortals ; as far as this discussion is concerned the end of the cycle is reached when the present organism reproduces and a new generation 's cycle begins . |
| 8 | Now admittedly in practice , measuring reproductive success is a damn sight more difficult than it seems . |
| 9 | The Arctic Ocean from this distance , about a metre from eyes to surface , is even more wonderful than it seemed in Tromsø . |
| 10 | His teaching was a challenge to Christians , more radical than it seemed : ‘ The state is there for man , not the other way round , the socialist order is there for man , not the other way round . ’ |
| 11 | Colours are plain and strong which , despite the underlying sketchiness , makes the picture less ephemeral than it seems in black and white and so further removed from the heavenly evocation of ‘ The Zone of Love ’ . |
| 12 | It was the City banks with mercantile connections , rather than the West End houses used by the landed classes , who moved into this relationship — less surprising than it seems , for , as Joslin pointed out , the country banks had themselves most often grown from country merchant or manufacturing activities . |
| 13 | The recession , which had proved deeper and longer than predicted , made Bush 's own re-election less certain than it seemed at mid-year . |
| 14 | Qualifying is a young man 's job , it requires a huge burst of adrenalin ; also , except at Monaco , it is far less significant than it seems . |