Example sentences of "in less [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took Pask 's conservative philosophy even further by stressing that even in less strained times Britain should not pioneer technology , but should let America develop experience and then copy the designs . |
| 2 | In less sophisticated times , people searching for minerals picked up clues simply by walking over the ground and examining it visually . |
| 3 | He was merely quoting his old textbook from the Ecole de Viticulture et d'Oenologie at Avize which examines the practices of Champagne in the 1940s ; no doubt , the breakdown of cuvée and taille merely indicated the number of press operations it took , in less sophisticated times , to squeeze out these two parts of extraction . |
| 4 | His old one was stolen by the Czech secret police in less happy times . |
| 5 | Nowadays we live in less saintly times and I long for someone to help me with my ironing . |
| 6 | Of course we live in less barbarous times . |
| 7 | In less demanding times , it is often argued , they should be capable of making healthy returns . |