Example sentences of "be less [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some authors will be less well-documented in traditional information sources such as these , for example pre-twentieth-century women authors ; and here you may find it useful to use the Dictionary of British Women Writers . |
| 2 | Tasks ( a ) and ( b ) are relatively straightforward : for them , examples from other societies may be less useful , more in the nature of ‘ tips and wrinkles ’ than of deeper insights . |
| 3 | In cases where patch reefs are expected , isopach maps would be less useful and the reefs would have to be identified where possible on seismic . |
| 4 | Cruttenden 's data also tend to confirm that congruity has a greater effect when it is paired with gender cue , which is the condition in which it would seem , a priori , to be less useful . |
| 5 | Such compound instructions may therefore be less useful than appears at first sight . |
| 6 | While such programs are valuable for school librarians and teachers , in that most spelling errors are , in fact typing errors , they may be less useful for some pupils , as the act of checking for errors may be a way of improving their spelling , perhaps related to the use of dictionaries , and their use of language . |
| 7 | ‘ One of the attractions of younger men is that they appear to be less traditional than the older generation . |
| 8 | A stand-up , straight-backed style has proved to be less effective against professional opponents although Biggs claims that attempts to make him more aggressive were counter-productive against Tyson . |
| 9 | It is true that removal of radiocaesium by clinoptilolite seems to be less effective than by bentonite or a hexacyanoferrate II but this may well be because a zeolitised tuff has been used ( 40–60 per cent zeolite content ) , or that the clinoptilolite used is potassium rich . |
| 10 | And devolution might be less effective than it should be if , as could well be the case in Scotland for example , the support for one particular party was such that there was very little likelihood of a change of control at elections . |
| 11 | There is evidence that verbal reprimands tend to be less effective in various disciplinary encounters than other techniques . |
| 12 | The use of a shotgun for rabbit clearance , as opposed to the fun of the occasional shot , continues to be less effective than the rifle and especially so when it is used by individuals rather than in conjunction with an organised rough rabbit shoot . |
| 13 | Therapeutic systems which disregard the more subtle aspects of the individual are likely to miss some at least of the precipitating factors in disease causation and are therefore likely to be less effective in treatment . |
| 14 | Both truncated proteins lack the C-terminal nuclear import sequence and may therefore be less effective as homodimeric competitors , whereas the respective heterodimers with Myc are efficiently transported into the nucleus . |
| 15 | A spokesperson from Essex County Council said the council was looking into planting trees on the verge but it considered they were likely to be less effective there . |
| 16 | β Blockers may be less effective than angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors in reducing microalbuminuria because they are less effective in reducing angiotensin II production . |
| 17 | Present screening procedures seem to be less effective in rural areas and rural patients may benefit more from mobile screening units than urban patients . |
| 18 | However , once the crisis passes they are likely to be less effective as most people want power to be shared , not a unilateral right . |
| 19 | Sadly , this treatment appears to be less effective than we would like . |
| 20 | However , n-gram techniques have been shown to be less effective for the present project than word-lookup methods , as they fail to exploit letter-level constraints to the same extent [ Wells , 1989 ] . |
| 21 | The result will be less effective than would be achieved by a teacher in harmony with the unit ; indeed the contribution of the unit may have , on balance , been destructive . |
| 22 | It must be stressed that an exercise , such as the one mentioned is fundamental to the effective use of nursing manpower for it provides the foundation for subsequent decisions which may be less effective if handicapped from the outset . |
| 23 | In 307 cases the method used at conception was known to be less effective than one previously used by the same patient . |
| 24 | However , the location of smoke detectors in racks , whilst providing an alarm , will be less effective in pin-pointing the exact location of the incident due to the vagaries of travel of smoke plumes from smouldering fires . |
| 25 | For example , an office held at pleasure might nevertheless be subject to procedural fairness where the statutory scheme would be less effective if the right to be heard were not implied . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Any European Common Foreign and Security policy which includes Swedish and other neutral interests must be less effective even than that which can be expected to emerge from the current unsatisfactory record of EEC action in foreign affairs . |
| 28 | An examination or written test would be less effective . |
| 29 | It was not an unhelpful intervention , Mr. Deputy Speaker , because one of the problems in dealing with the targeting of advertising is that advertisements aimed at adults will be less effective than the Minister may wish if they take account of the fact that children may be present . |
| 30 | Systems of formal warnings to control absence also seem to be less effective than the terms of the remuneration scheme . |