Example sentences of "less [pers pn] is " in BNC.

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1 One might expect that women 's paid work would have the most profound effect on the domestic division of labour : the more work a women does outside the home , the less she is able to do within it .
2 So the less one has the less he is tempted to extend the range of his needs indefinitely .
3 None the less it is clear that Marx felt that before he could complete a book on pre-capitalist societies , he had to find out much more about these societies and their transformations .
4 is to be indicated , especially if inclined to get worse after midnight or in the morning hours , and the less it is likely Spongia will be the remedy .
5 In general , the gentler the exercise , the less it is an aid to slimming .
6 Of course , these corporate crimes against other organizations ultimately have human victims , such as shareholders , taxpayers , Third World poor , and so on , but none the less it is important to see that corporations sometimes commit crimes against other corporations because this focuses our attention on a vital factor in the cause of such behaviour — namely competition under conditions of scarce or diminishing resources and markets .
7 The more sociology is concerned with such areas , the less it is , by definition , likely to include women within its frame of reference .
8 The more shopping resembles work , the less it is liked .
9 ‘ The more sociology is concerned with such areas , the less it is , by definition , likely to include women within its frame of reference . ’
10 None the less it is clear that , whatever the theory , there was in practice no absolute bar to crossing the line between the kasabat kadiliks and the mevleviyets .
11 Therefore , despite the extent of his knowledge , the further we recede from the date at which he wrote , and the geographical area on which he is most forthcoming , the less it is possible to be confident that important events were not omitted from his work .
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