Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [prep] [art] lesser [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As to the amount left for food and clothing after rent and a more flexible sum for heat had been deducted , wives tended to act as the buffer against the needs of husbands and to a lesser extent children . |
| 2 | Less successful proctors , petition-drawers and to a lesser extent court officials were dependent for their livelihoods on establishing a reputation for effectiveness . |
| 3 | However , Benzie felt that issuance by important European issuers such as banks , industrial companies , mortgage institutions and to a lesser extent governments could make up for these . |
| 4 | Tigers also contact each other by means of roaring , a form of vocalization that they share with other members of the genus Panthera , namely lions and to a lesser extent leopards . |
| 5 | Primarily fibres , UK and Spanish acrylics , UK chemicals , Italian yarns and to a lesser extent films . |
| 6 | Certainly , and not surprisingly , the higher stratum of more secure workers and to a lesser extent their families had access to better health and also housing provision in this period before the state played a significant role in either area — at least for as long as they remained in fairly regular work . |
| 7 | In response to the recent devastation caused by gales and to a lesser degree late spring frosts , there is an ever-increasing galaxy of trees and shrubs waiting to take the place of those uprooted or severely damaged . |
| 8 | What is meant by science in this case is of course the physical sciences and to a lesser degree the biological sciences . |
| 9 | Many of the colleges and institutes of higher education have established broad-based curricula in the arts , social sciences and to a lesser extent natural sciences . |
| 10 | Some sociologists and to a lesser degree some psychoanalysts seem to assume they are working on pieces of wax , that a baby takes on all its imprints from outside . |
| 11 | A similar effect of Oct-1 on the HPV 16 motif was also observed in HeLa cell transfections although to a lesser extent indicating that at higher levels Oct-1 can compete with the cervical protein for binding to the octamer motif ( Figure 6 ) . |
| 12 | The complex carbohydrates , which are found in vegetables , cereals and to a lesser degree in fruits , are composed of numerous sugar units joined together in a complex way . |
| 13 | Like the Celtic team of his childhood , Manchester United 's catholic heritage ultimately strangled Docherty 's faith in the holy scriptures and to a lesser extent in that more endearing religion called football . |
| 14 | Moreover the French monarchy found itself , in the generation before 1789 , faced by increasing opposition from the parlements and to a lesser extent from the estates , normally dominated by the nobility , which still existed in one or two provinces . |
| 15 | At the beginning of the second course , the majority again reported these symptoms but to a lesser intensity . |
| 16 | Er having said that er some of the newer opportunities must have er a lot of oh catching up to do if you like er to the levels of the estate agents and to a lesser extent the doctors surgeries . |
| 17 | Various types of part-time work , job sharing and other flexible arrangements are becoming available to women and to a lesser extent , to men . |
| 18 | The proximate cause of the decline in births was the adoption of contraceptive practices by the majority of married women and to a lesser extent ( illegal ) abortion . |
| 19 | SCOTTISH cereal farmers should be prepared for an increase in their growing costs , particularly for chemicals and to a lesser extent for fertilisers , as a result of successive devaluations of sterling since the United Kingdom 's departure from the exchange rate mechanism . |