Example sentences of "[vb infin] less " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daily grooming is to be recommended for most breeds , and it can be helpful to allow a puppy to become used to the sensation , even though its coat will probably need less attention than that of an adult dog . |
| 2 | It logically follows from this that a fit person should need less sleep than an unfit one , or a man than a woman , or a grown-up than a child . |
| 3 | But then you come to the problem , erm , because for ninety four five , erm , the formula suggests that we would need less staff , that might seem a bit odd but the , the reason is that if you do indeed bring your target times down , then the amount of work which your passing over into the next year is er considerably less , erm than the amount of work which you passed over into this year , |
| 4 | If it yielded less ( more ) extra utility than its 10 purchase price , the last consumer would buy less ( more ) films . |
| 5 | With full information about the dangers , people would buy less of the drug . |
| 6 | If I had chosen to keep any of the more sensitive invertebrates I would not consider less than a 30 gallon capacity system . |
| 7 | That a hospital lets babies with minimal brains and no conscious potential die would occasion less hostility , and many might even approve , than if mongoloids were dealt a similar fate . |
| 8 | This will leave a " flatter " drop which will magnify less than a spherical drop . |
| 9 | ( The system of local government would enjoy less power than did the former local Soviets . ) |
| 10 | Any male who chose not to mate with certain kinds of females would mate less than his non-discriminatory competitors . |
| 11 | There are now more parents either one or both of whom will have higher qualifications and it is unlikely that parents with higher qualifications will desire less education for their children . |
| 12 | For this reason EC merger policy should display less arbitrariness than has been the case within the UK . |
| 13 | The evidence presented in Tables 9.3 and 9.4 lends weight to the statement that being less risky we should expect less return from fixed interest investments whichever country is being considered . |
| 14 | Delisting would do Jardine Matheson no good in Hong Kong ( though it would certainly do less harm if it were attributed to a row with the regulators than , say , to lack of faith in the future of the place ) . |
| 15 | Remember , these are rest days in your training , so you can always do less than I recommend in the specific schedules . |
| 16 | If in doubt , land it anyway — it may do less damage ! |
| 17 | To the extent that R&D is undertaken by independent firms merely in order to ensure that they innovate before their rivals or to prevent rivals from producing new products which displace those that currently generate rents , then firms who make R&D decisions co-operatively may do less R&D than they would if they were independent . |
| 18 | Lord Salisbury , who had a poor opinion of Clarke 's abilities ( as had Halsbury ) , wrote in much perplexity to the Lord Chancellor but saying that the Rolls should be offered to Clarke ‘ on party grounds ’ because he would do less harm as a judge than as Attorney-General . |
| 19 | If you 're in any doubt about it , do n't — you 'll do less harm if you leave it than if you prune at the wrong time . |
| 20 | That 's the question being raised by Health and Fitness magazine after speaking to dermatologists who , while admitting they may do less harm than actual sunlight , stress they can cause a lot of harm . |
| 21 | Pu pulled Bob out of his coffee yesterday So one of the issues is if we do n't do certainly er the timing , all of the issues that are on there that we 'd like to do erm that means we 've got less testing , if you 're gon na do less testing then so it might be that they er re-utilize the resource that way . |
| 22 | Generally big-capacity engines have more cylinders , as smaller pistons/valves weigh less , are easier to control and generate less vibration . |
| 23 | The kiln , which is the only one of its kind in the UK , will generate less dust , less noise and considerably less emissions than the previous plant . |
| 24 | It binds to haemoglobin much more readily than oxygen , leading to the formation of carboxyhaemoglobin : the blood can therefore carry less oxygen . |
| 25 | Kirkwood ( who adopts the Prague School rather than the Hallidayan definition of theme and rheme ) , suggests that placing an element in initial position will give it a certain prominence but that it will still ‘ carry less weight than the actual rheme ’ . |
| 26 | Pro and anti-bolters must now show less fanaticism in their activities and this policy will only work if everyone makes an effort to operate within the guidelines . |
| 27 | In particular , the aggregate results may show less fluctuation over time than the results of some of the separate segments of the business . |
| 28 | So horses that are n't fed grain when they are young , may not only grow less than their genetic potential , but may also suffer other disadvantages when they are older . |
| 29 | The strict rules of evidence do not apply in arbitrations ( Ord 19 , r 5(2) , Term 3 ) , but , of course , the district judge or other arbitrator may feel that he should give less weight to evidence which is hearsay than to evidence which is direct . |
| 30 | Others may give less because they 've got a lot of members so that therefore it 's so that the provence as a whole could be advised . |