Example sentences of "in less [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Avignon , Châteaurenard , Bollène , Pertuis , all dispatch their produce by special trains to the north ; vast quantities of fruit are absorbed locally by the jam and fruit preserving industries of Apt and Carpentras ; and every little town and village has its own retail vegetable and fruit market , every day in the bigger towns , once or twice a week in less populated places . |
| 2 | If appropriate provision for expulsion is essential , it is as well also to consider the eventuality of partners leaving in less contentious circumstances , if only to ensure ( as considered above ) that the firm 's finances are so arranged as to be able to cope with both expected and unexpected departures . |
| 3 | As the box-office grosses mounted , establishment Hollywood was beginning to talk in less insulting terms about him , and , one day out of the blue , he called Nicholson . |
| 4 | THE spokesman for the convicts in a squeaky-clean Danish jail says he will vote No : he fears he may be sent to do his sentence in less salubrious surroundings elsewhere in the European Community if the Maastricht treaty is ratified . |
| 5 | In less industrial areas of the country there were more railway-workers than any other kind . |
| 6 | Feel is still good but communicated in less specific terms . |
| 7 | This is also the view put forward by John Harris , though in less specific terms . |
| 8 | For families in less straitened circumstances , one gift in kind which could be of increasing importance is the payment of school fees . |
| 9 | More oil is being shipped in less seaworthy vessels . |
| 10 | Neither system was wholly satisfactory , but during the public inquiry into the Trident accident at Staines in 1972 evidence was heard that other aircraft had suffered similar happenings ( though in less critical circumstances and there had been no accident ) and the question was put : ‘ Why were these incidents not reported under the voluntary system ? ’ |
| 11 | Women tend to earn less than their male counterparts ( women 's wages were 73.5 per cent of men 's in 1979 ) , and to be in less stable areas of employment and more frequently in part-time work than men ( Bruegel , 1980 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ If you are in quality stocks with strong balance sheets in less cyclical areas of the market you will do well in equities over the next few years . ’ |
| 13 | Cyclones are seen as a force that prevents the ecological succession of coral reefs from terminating in less species-rich assemblages ( in those reefs , the earlier stages are more species-rich ) . |
| 14 | Starfarers in less well-protected vessels might hear the scrabbling of claws upon their hulls , or wailing incoherent voices , lascivious enticements , rumblings of wrath . |
| 15 | World Family was greatly touched , therefore , when Mr Round 's family requested that donations in lieu of floral tributes should be sent to us , to assist our work with children in less developed countries . |
| 16 | The manufacturers of heavily regulated products , such as tobacco and alcohol , often find that promotion is less regulated and more cost-effective in less developed countries than in their own domestic markets . |
| 17 | This is particularly the case in less developed countries and in the rural or other underserved areas of more developed countries . |
| 18 | Most of the Western world 's best sites have now been developed but potential still exists in less developed countries ; Zaire , for example , contains half of Africa 's hydro-electric potential . |
| 19 | The objective of the International Finance Corporation is , on the other hand , intended to encourage the growth of productive private enterprise in less developed countries , particularly where sufficient private capital is not available on reasonable terms . |
| 20 | Precisely the same sorts of divisions of opinion plague policy making in less developed countries , though in many the lines of demarcation may lie along racial lines or involve the role of the traditional elites . |
| 21 | By the end of the 1980s it was clear that many UK banks were overexposed to overseas lending risks , especially in less developed countries ( LDCs ) . |
| 22 | Development Policy towards women in less developed countries has changed from one which saw them only as mothers , to a more holistic approach which emphasizes both the productive and reproductive roles of Women . |
| 23 | Now , it 's a bit different , because normally we apply to a job in Glasgow , we might get it or we might not , but , you look at , we 've got more of , of information , but , in less developed countries , that information is , even if it were collected , sometimes it 's not even collected , erm , it 's not widely available , so people 's perceptions or hearsay from people who 've gone before , is the information , and that 's often erm , wrong . |
| 24 | It was er what are the major factors influencing migration decisions in less developed countries and how might this affect the urban unemployment . |
| 25 | Money and banking in less developed countries |
| 26 | The stock of money has a relatively narrow base in less developed countries ( LDCs ) as it consists mainly of banknotes and coins in circulation . |
| 27 | It has often been pointed out that in less developed societies , old people were seen as the repository of wisdom needed for daily living as well as for spiritual guidance . |
| 28 | In recent years , defence spending has risen significantly both in industrialised countries and in less developed economies . |
| 29 | Among the reasons are greater mobility before retirement , which enables them to acquaint themselves with alternative residential locations , and the financial advantages of moving from larger to smaller houses , perhaps in less expensive areas ( Law and Warnes 1976 ) . |
| 30 | However , it may be said to be fairer than the Community Charge in that the tax does , at least , rise with the value of the house and it is reasonable to assume that those living in more expensive houses have higher incomes than those living in less expensive dwellings . |