Example sentences of "[conj] [ex0] [vb mod] [be] less " in BNC.

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1 Many felt that , as a result of joining the E.R.M. the Sterling exchange rate would be more stable against the other E.R.M. currencies ( the Deutschemark in particular ) and that there would be less requirement for hedging exchange risks in those currencies .
2 ‘ Now the systems are up and running , it is envisaged that there will be less time wasted on abortive work .
3 Extra staff will mean that the three branches will simply duplicate each other 's work , and that there will be less resources for environmental activities .
4 And there 'll be less fuss .
5 Consequently , the Civil Justice Review recommended that there should be a single costs regime for High Court and County Court actions , except for county court actions below £3,000 , since in such smaller cases fixed costs should be attractive and there would be less desire to seek to take such actions in the High Court .
6 Some groups can be more individualistic where the individual identifies less strongly , there are fewer icons , there 's less erm dogmatic er certainty about doctrine and so on , so more room for an individual variation and those groups will be relatively er looser and there would be less identification of the individual with the leader or the leading principals .
7 Suppose farmers have a right in law to enjoin the railway company not to set fire to their fields : the result is that the company will fit spark-suppressing equipment to their trains , and there will be less damage to the farmers ' fields .
8 There must be more evidence than some existentialists desire for their ‘ splendid ’ leap of faith , but there may be less than Copleston required for his certain assurance of God 's existence .
9 Lay estates , by contrast , are likely to show perhaps greater diversity , but there may be less information from which to reconstruct the pre-Conquest arrangements .
10 still budget , now you would have some decrease in costs because there would be less phone calls , there would be less paper , less trouble .
11 The more rapid the fall in base level the greater will be the migration of the shoreline , as there will be less time for marine erosion to act and push the shoreline back towards the land during the fall .
12 Certainly life would be happier for many more people , for there would be less neurosis , not least among women , if such a change could occur .
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