Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] less [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That makes it significantly faster than , say a BMW 520i 24v , which offers less equipment . |
| 2 | The Bank of England which has less influence than its German counterpart has been reluctant to advise rate cuts over here . |
| 3 | On the other hand , the first type of relation is one which has less significance for the present time , when there are no new political theories on the grand scale . |
| 4 | The physically oriented approach uses less resources but the early binding of identifier to data is more of a static method which allows less flexibility if , for example , data is being loaded in an uncertain order or key values are being changed or deleted . |
| 5 | If it 's simply a matter of producing a vehicle which uses less fuel , however , the electric car , surprisingly , does not really offer any advantages over petrol cars . |
| 6 | On the other hand , they had also reached a point where they were using sufficient quantities that injecting , which requires less heroin for a ‘ better hit ’ , became ‘ attractive ’ enough to overcome any anxieties they had previously felt . |
| 7 | If recycled materials were used , far less energy would be needed which means less pollution . |
| 8 | First , an ‘ income effect ’ , with real income reduced via higher taxes , which means less consumption of all items , including leisure , i.e. more work is performed . |
| 9 | And if a cold-blooded animal is cold , then it metabolizes less rapidly than if it is warm — and so needs less energy , which means less food . |
| 10 | when buying a new model opt for a smaller vehicle which consumes less fuel and make sure it has a catalytic converter fitted |
| 11 | Professor W. F. Grimes in his essay ‘ The Archaeology of the Stamford Region ’ in The Making of Stamford suggests that ‘ the inscription on the recently erected pillar that marks the Roman crossing on the Welland ought to be replaced by one which does less violence to the facts as they appear to be . ’ |
| 12 | Following US Federal Communications Commission approval for the San Diego company 's new dual standard digital and analogue cellular phone , analysts are betting that Qualcomm Inc 's Code Division Multiple Access standard will win the battle with Time Division Multiple Access , Reuter reports from New York , despite the fact that the latter , which provides less capacity , is being used by McCaw Cellular Communications Inc and Southwestern Bell Corp ; Bell Atlantic Corp , Pacific Telesis Group Inc and US West Inc have all committed to using building Code Division Multiple Access networks ; the European Groupe Speciale Mobile system uses a version of Time Division Multiple Access that is incompatible with the American one . |
| 13 | Assimilation of manner is much less noticeable , and is only found in the most rapid and casual speech ; generally speaking , the tendency is again for regressive assimilation and the change in manner is most likely to be towards an ‘ easier ’ consonant — one which makes less obstruction to the airflow . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , if it 's sexual she has less discrimination than I gave her credit for . ’ |
| 15 | That she has less strength at work and has more broken time owing to bad health and especially should she be married , domestic duties and that her output is not so great as that of a man . |
| 16 | SB 1 Income Support — cash help SB 17A Extra help with heating costs when it 's very cold RR1 Who pays less rent and rates ? |
| 17 | We are not denying that in the case of an alien culture one has less right to criticize than in one 's own , out of lack of experience of what it can be like to live in it . |
| 18 | On the stage , where one has less time to dwell on the cadence or suggestion of the individual words , me cruelty is unendurable . |
| 19 | The point implicit in the hon. Gentleman 's question is : what is the point of putting up the top rate of tax if one raises less revenue ? |
| 20 | It has further been argued that in Britain one finds less variety of opinion among judges than in the United States . |
| 21 | At a time when the school curriculum is becoming increasingly prescriptive , when there seems less flexibility than there used to be , it might seem difficult to set up collaborative teaching projects . |
| 22 | In many ways the VDU command is similar to a PRINT CHR$ ( num ) command , but it involves less typing and a number of characters may be easily sent . |
| 23 | Whilst this is more difficult to remember , it involves less typing . |
| 24 | It produces less sulphur dioxide — because the sulphur in the coal reacts with the limestone during combustion — and less nitrogen oxides , due to the lower than normal combustion temperature . |
| 25 | He has less hope even than Faramir . |
| 26 | He has less body area to protect , is less prone to habitually lunging forward , and may possess greater rapidity of foot movement for getting into position to play the hook , pull and cut shots safely . |
| 27 | A local authority that spends less on special educational needs does so either because it has less incidence of such needs or because it is in dereliction of its duties to pupils with those needs . |
| 28 | If it has less incidence of such needs , does it not follow that it should score highly in the narrow spectrum of examination results for the most able pupils ? |
| 29 | ‘ They see residential school as an alternative to ‘ care ’ but it has less stigma for them . |
| 30 | It has less memory than the MP version , but can still be upgraded to MP capability . |