Example sentences of "in [adj] [conj] less [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a time of physical and social constraints also , when more arduous duties and responsibilities had to be fulfilled in less and less time . |
| 2 | As a complete an utter novice I am seeking a publication that will explain to me in more or less layman 's terms how my computer works and what I should/could be doing with it ! |
| 3 | Many related compounds were made in the same laboratories and were investigated in more or less detail according to the promise they showed . |
| 4 | For every book-collector , and every bookseller , is in greater or less degree a bibliographer . |
| 5 | In greater or less degree according to their temperaments , their training , their intelligence , they are swayed by prejudice , rely on intuition instead of reasoning , leap to conclusions on inadequate evidence and fail to recognise the cogency of material which might cast doubt on the validity of the conclusions they reach . |