Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] less than " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that Branson had not a clue what ‘ synergy ’ meant was just one sign that he found the understanding between them somewhat less than ‘ magical ’ . |
| 2 | I have already attempted something in this vein , but there are those who deal distantly with such realities , and the prince and I , both , suffer from them hardly less than Owen does . |
| 3 | If you want to experiment at home , it 'll cost you far less than in a salon but you should get a friend to help put the rollers in to get perfectly even curls . |
| 4 | Are we somehow less than slaves ? |
| 5 | But they should welcome it if in fact their dealings cost them materially less than at present . |
| 6 | What I knew of him corrupted me far less than the false ideas I conceived . |
| 7 | None of us likes upheavals , and if you 're elderly you may like them even less than other people . |
| 8 | I think you will care for them even less than I. ’ |
| 9 | Such in-fights about terminology , however , concern me here less than some other matters . |
| 10 | There 's no one he 'd have wanted seeing him dead less than me , and the feeling was mutual . |
| 11 | Ten per cent of Britons profess to eating meat only rarely and nearly 50 per cent agreed that they much less than they used to . |
| 12 | I still miss my favourite sister , who died over twenty years ago , but of course I think of her much less than I used to . |
| 13 | It took him considerably less than that , for within weeks of the couple parting , Mr Parkes , 27 , took advantage of Miss Dyson 's trip to Spain to return to the home in Northwich they had once shared . |
| 14 | The first reason is because people experience it much less than they used to and just do not know how to react — it is beyond their experience . |