Example sentences of "[verb] for the less " in BNC.
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| 1 | Horse riding : Available every day , as well as horse drawn carriage rides for the less energetic ! |
| 2 | They provide for the less committed who still wish to enjoy some of the fruits of the soccer culture . |
| 3 | A mini-bus operates to and from the town three times a day although car hire is recommended for the less energetic . |
| 4 | If this were the case then within an individual junction we would expect risk related information to be best remembered for risky exemplars and peripheral information to be best remembered for the less risky exemplars . |
| 5 | This conditioning idea , absent in the that-clause construction , is what I believe accounts for the less factual tone of the infinitival structure : explicitly evoking one 's knowledge as the condition allowing one to assert something ( rather than flatly stating one 's awareness of a fact ) tends to suggest that what one is saying is a personal opinion rather than a matter of objective fact . |
| 6 | Over thirty times as much public money was spent globally on hormonal and surgical contraception in 1978 than was earmarked for the less ‘ reliable ’ ( but infinitely safer ) barrier methods , such as condoms and diaphragms . |
| 7 | It seems more likely that is a marketing ploy from Heavenly Records to earn airplay and novelty hits for the less successful artists on its roster . |