Example sentences of "less than the [adj] truth " in BNC.
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| 1 | This particular lie is engineered to create the impression of a finely-honed athlete who has temporarily lost his edge , which is a little less than the complete truth . |
| 2 | They 're very often no more or less than the exact truth . |
| 3 | Christian presuppositions are nothing less than the whole truth of who God is and what he has done for us . |
| 4 | The request ( 5:1 ) : this seems less than the whole truth ; but it is in the nature of a test-case , Israel had to leave Egypt in order to sacrifice because the nature of their sacrifice was offensive to the Egyptians ( 8:26 ) . |
| 5 | But we can now see that the apocalyptic interpretation of history emerged from the confrontation with the Greeks about 165 B.C. If II Maccabees reveals a true aspect of the activities of Antiochus IV by stressing the cooperation of Hellenizing Jews , this is something less than the whole truth . |