Example sentences of "or less to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nolan and Sam Yaeger often bed the same girl , more or less to spite each other , it seems . |
| 2 | ( Eligible liabilities are sterling deposits with two years or less to maturity held by UK residents , plus a number of other items . ) |
| 3 | The Bank stands ready to buy from market makers , and at a price of its own choosing , any stock with three months or less to maturity ; it is also usually prepared to quote a price for stocks with between three and twelve months to maturity . |
| 4 | This observation corresponds more or less to Jacobsson 's list ( pp. 60-2 ) of the ten types of context where need can be used as a modal : Type 1 Need I be present ? |
| 5 | The contrast between the view that moral distinctions are detected by sense and feeling and the view that they are revealed as necessary truth to reason was a central theme in the moral philosophy of David Hume ( 1711–76 ) , whose philosophy is recognized as empiricism brought more or less to perfection . |