Example sentences of "less [adj] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , science would be much less advanced than it is if the only available data were intuitive estimates of quantities . |
| 2 | It is not surprising , therefore , that one finds this pattern in some of the ‘ softer ’ professional fields , such as social work and teaching , where the theory-practice relationship may be less one-way than it is in the ‘ harder ’ ones . |
| 3 | Some earlier drawings show the panel as considerably less complete than it is now , suggesting that pieces were added in the eighteenth century , as was the common practice with fragmentary works . |
| 4 | In historical time , the household formed the unit of work and the division between paid work and domestic work was less clear than it is to-day . |
| 5 | This statement might be misunderstood by readers to imply that unsafe sex elsewhere is somehow less risky than it is in London . |
| 6 | In this procedure b is said to be parallel transported from B to A. Comparison of local vectors in a curved space is less straightforward because it is no longer possible to set up a single Cartesian coordinate system to cover all space . |
| 7 | At that time , ultrasonagraphy was less developed than it is today and was not available in all 10 treatment centres . |
| 8 | Indeed , knowledge was more limited and collections generally smaller when the schemes were devised , and so an analytic approach to classification would have been less appropriate than it is today . |
| 9 | Once waste is solidified , it is much less dangerous than it is when blowing about in the air or dissolved in water . |
| 10 | Sony 's position is less dangerous because it is building on the foundations of an already established physical format . |
| 11 | ‘ We believe it 's less dangerous because it is a staggered fall , ’ said Richard . |
| 12 | Parents generally worry less about the sexual behaviour of their sons , and teaching boys about sex and contraception is sometimes considered less crucial than it is for girls . |
| 13 | In previous generations it was much less likely than it is now that grandparents would have lived to know their grandchildren as adults ( see chapters 2 and 3 ) . |
| 14 | In this rather similar example , however , we think it is much clearer that the comma is a mistake and far less likely that it is simply a style variant : This has the implication that , novel-writing in Wales … |
| 15 | Animals bear no comparison , lacking this potential ; the care and protection due them is no less peremptory but it is dramatically limited in scope by their ‘ primitive ’ status . |
| 16 | The picture in relation to class inequalities in the geographical distribution of hospitals is even less encouraging than it is in the case of general practitioners . |
| 17 | ‘ Even with respect to the equality issue there will still only be a difference of degree ; the Conservatives might not want the income distribution to become far less equal than it is , and the Labour Party might not want complete equality of income distribution . ’ |
| 18 | Rain is hard on your hands during ferreting , nets become unmanageable and less effective and it is n't possible either to kneel or lie on the ground in any comfort . |
| 19 | Not only should your jokes and humorous episodes be relevant to the theme of your book ( however slight that might be ) , but you should remember that a good joke becomes less good if it is followed too closely by another good joke . |
| 20 | Besides , the climate of opinion on charging for information services in the UK in 1977 was even less hospitable than it is now . |
| 21 | For the extreme relativist , the distinction between science and non-science becomes much more arbitrary and less important that it is for the rationalist . |
| 22 | There appear to be no important differences in performance on intelligence tests in the working age range and as the influence of physical effort in work becomes less important so it is more feasible that jobs can be performed equally well by either sex . |
| 23 | There is generally little intermarriage between the Central Asians and other non-Muslim nationalities , and a knowledge of Russian is much less common than it is elsewhere in the other post-Soviet republics . |
| 24 | The gaps between them are so big that if you plunge your arm through into the mantle , the clam is quite unable to grip it — though the experiment is a little less unnerving if it is tried first with a post . |
| 25 | If exchange relationships were based totally on unscrupulous self-interested behaviour , the resulting distrust and the cost of legal action to enforce contracts would render market coordination much less efficient than it is in the presence of trust built up through networks and embedded social expectations that contracts will be honoured . |
| 26 | It is entirely wrong to assume that older women , who have been involved in employment during their lives , should experience retirement as any more or less significant than it is for older men . |