Example sentences of "they have less " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fact tends to make full-time reserve police very cautious in their behaviour , for they feel they have less opportunity to ease , which further means that their opinion of some regulars is not good . |
| 2 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
| 3 | Childbearing makes women dependent and thus they have less access to such freedom . |
| 4 | Briefly , Cloward and Ohlin argue that there is greater pressure on members of the working class to behave criminally or delinquently due to the fact that they have less opportunity to succeed by legitimate means . |
| 5 | As the birds grow , they have less and less space to move around in . |
| 6 | They have less need of instruction manuals and can follow their instincts and the dictates of their heart . |
| 7 | They have less overheads , more knowledge of their local market and can achieve sales in the thousands . ’ |
| 8 | They have less to do with gender per se than with context , formality , subject matter , the relationship between the participants and their shared background assumptions . |
| 9 | They have less opportunity to make new friendships and tend to depend for companionship on the continuity of longstanding relationships . |
| 10 | In trying to struggle on independently they have less time to concentrate on schoolwork . |
| 11 | If local authority members are responsible for providing services but do not have to go to their own electorate to raise the money to pay for the services , they have less incentive to make effective use of these funds . |
| 12 | Female staff are less likely ( though not unknown ) to adopt such approaches largely it is assumed , because they have less confidence in their ability to control a potentially hazardous interaction . |
| 13 | Everywhere in China sophisticated hand-made tools are used , and the Chinese assume that because anyone can make such things they have less value than , say , a plastic bag . |
| 14 | People are more frightened as unemployment rises and they have less money to spend . |
| 15 | This ageing will vary with the spirit ( higher-distillation-proof spirits need less age because they have less flavour ) , the material of the cask ( whether it is new or used and how deeply the interior is charred ) , the size of the cask ( which determines the wood-to-liquid ratio ) , and the storage conditions ( which are affected by temperature and humidity ) . |
| 16 | Women get drunk more easily than men because they have less water per body weight . |
| 17 | Where bureau heads are mobile within the structure of state administration they have less of an egoistic interest in maximizing budgets . |
| 18 | But because they have less control over muscles , it 's harder for them to form words and sounds . |
| 19 | They have as much interest in learning to talk as any other child , but because they have less control over the muscles in the mouth , it 's harder for them to express themselves . |
| 20 | They are easier to manipulate , they have less money and depend on the Bank largely for their livelihood . |