Example sentences of "less quickly [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bankers ' peace , however , was not a genuine one , but a rampant militarism which threatened to destroy the foundations of civilized life as surely as , if less quickly than , war itself . |
| 2 | The firm is well known for its painstaking research , which may mean that assignments are completed less quickly than by rival headhunters , but they are certainly carried out more thoroughly . |
| 3 | The same applies to convertibles , which depreciate less quickly than other models because of the lively demand for them . |
| 4 | Is it not the case that his departmental budget is increasing less quickly than that of any other major spending Department ? |
| 5 | If wages had not risen , most of this scrapping would not have happened and productivity would have grown much less quickly than it did . |