Example sentences of "far less [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His troubles in 1971 , however , were not just the March and his propensity for accidents : the fact was that he was now an experienced F3 driver , known to be quick , but by the nature of the formula was racing against a lot of people who were just beginners and knew far less than he did about the sport . |
| 2 | Although , the rule of the clock affected most people in the sixteenth century far less than it does us today , it was already sufficient to provoke Brother Jean in the Gargantua ( 1535 ) of Rabelais to complain that ‘ the hours are made for man and not man for the hours ! ’ |
| 3 | In the advanced capitalist countries as a whole the share of consumption declined far less than it did in Japan in those exceptional years — between 1952 and 1973 it only slid down from 62.9 per cent of GDP to 59.5 per cent . |
| 4 | However , if you complete the Budget Planner ( see pages 120–25 ) , you may be pleasantly surprised to find that the difference is far less than you had feared . |
| 5 | You 'll get shares today for far less than you paid for your present stake , and for astronomically less than their true value . |
| 6 | Although the United States economy is embraced by a single currency , and although many harmonised conditions conceal the differences , one wonders how much real internal convergence there is between the economies of Illinois , Texas and North Dakota — probably far less than there seems . |