Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [vb pp] to be less " in BNC.
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1 | Class bias might be expected to be less in the US , where tertiary education is less restricted and social class is often claimed to be less important . |
2 | With lowered voice the vibrator could be felt to be less active , and the sound-level meter would show the lower volume of sound . |
3 | Whilst in the case of certain types of racked goods in which continuous fuel surfaces do not exist , automatic roof venting may be considered to be less essential , in the extreme case it is of great importance . |
4 | All this is consistent with the absence of any effect of oil work in urban areas ( table II ) : rural post code sectors already supporting many construction workers ( and Highlands Region has one of the highest levels of such workers in Britain ) would be expected to be less affected by oil work than similar areas without such earlier ‘ exposure ’ ( that is , those in which the recent impact score was high ) . |
5 | Considering this , the domain specific dictionaries can be said to be less reliable , and based on assumptions about the accurate identification of the domain that may not always be applicable . |
6 | When a higher-level index is first added , it can be expected to be less than one track in size . |