How To Use Less In A Sentence

The only seriously bad bit is that you become less agile and less strong. Times, Sunday Times
Laura Wade's Posh, timed to open as the Tories edged into power in May 2010, reminded us just what we were in for: overprivileged hooligans in drinking-society blazers who trash a pub as thoughtlessly as they will trash the country. Dominic Cooke: a life in theatre
Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
The pain in his side was crushing, as if there was a steel hand in there relentlessly closing on an organ. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
He asked me bluntly, ‘Why would you want to leave private life and take on such a difficult, dangerous and probably thankless job?’

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To supplement his income, he taught private voice lessons in his home and sang in a church choir.
Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
Unless the radar signal is normal to some surface (extremely low probability) the radar receives no return.
Regardless of the outcome of the trial, the whole episode has been a huge embarrassment to English football.
Siva's devotees are forbidden to use drugs of abuse, such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, barbiturates, psychedelics and marijuana, unless prescribed by a licensed physician.
Nonetheless, today's pic made me do a little bit of a double-take. Ryan Seacrest, Don Johnson And Larry King Are Three Amigos In Today’s Daily TwitPic » MTV Movies Blog
You submit to subterfuge, you replace your ordinary parents by a little less ordinary, but still quite ordinary folks, Katrien and the commissaris. Just a Corpse at Twilight
Today's lesson focuses on how to write a summary of a news article.
Since then neither the printer nor wireless internet router appeared to be working. Times, Sunday Times
And I feel hopelessly undereducated, with all the MAs around me.
Faceless, unqualified reviewers define our work, remove our colleagues from panels and routinely breach confidentiality.
These small exquisitely carved ivory figurines come in an almost limitless variety.
He was in awe of China and pleaded that if India should progress it should learn a lesson or two from the communist regime.
Success is neither a gift nor a blessing. Success is what you deserve. You work for and earn your success. Dr T.P.Chia
The composition of displaced terranes ranges from that of typical oceanic crust to significantly less dense granitic rock with clear continental affinities.
Often the parent feels helpless and very discouraged and may also give up on the child which reinforces the child's feelings of inadequacy and may cause the child to retreat or regress further.
The largest of these primitive ‘trees’ were giant lycopods reaching upwards of 20 meters, but most of the plants grew to less than a meter above the ground.
It can make you sweat too, or feel dizzy or breathless. The Sun
Less than a minute later he had gone past the courts, down a stairwell and opened the fire door.
No, but they more or less remained together, I hate to use the word ideologically, but I guess for want of a better word, they seemed to always react, more or less, the same way to political situations and to political candidates 'platforms. Oral History Interview with Lindy Boggs, January 31, 1974. Interview A-0082. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
And its world was a narrow swamp, a grey, nubiferous environment, where it lived its contented, active, idyllic, almost mindless existence. The Voyage of the Space Beagle
You captain the dream team of smart thinkers that shine with self-confidence and boundless energy. The Sun
The transfer of control to the patient also provides the priceless gift of independence. Times, Sunday Times
They are also less likely to get support from strong religious or spiritual beliefs.
Inhaling sandalwood oil lessens stress and can stop vomiting.
The chapel or church claims greater antiquity than any other in that part of the kingdom; but there is no appearance of this in the external aspect of the present edifice, unless it be in the two eastern windows, which remain unmodernized, and in the lower part of the steeple. The Life of Charlotte Bronte
The rounded flakes, with less surface area to reflect light, lose brilliance.
My job was often actually throwing the dart out of sight, since they were hopeless at aiming. Times, Sunday Times
Speed ramps along College Road, put in to try and dissuade boy racers who use the road to cut from one side of the town to the other, have been branded useless.
I've always found them uncomfy and pointless when there are so many good mascaras out there. The Sun
The illness means sufferers' pulmonary arteries have thicker and less elastic walls. The Sun
Labor economics has become virtually a branch of applied econometrics, with the usual large data sets and headless horsemen running around looking for patterns.
I mean, who doesn't want a product that is easier to use, has less locking contention, minimizes storage administration, makes access to administrative data easier, and so on?
Today he is slightly less bullish about the book and his boardroom skills. Times, Sunday Times
Get an up close insight on the early song writing technics that produced several timeless Lynyrd Skynyrd Albums. Ronnie Van Zant Speaks « Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie
Unless you're willing to bone up on the subject, you're better off to assess his technical ability by asking for references and checking them out.
The amount of water which is suitable to drink is less and less.
Born in an American Stalinist medical facility**** to foreign parents, he spent his early years nomadically, drifting from country to country***** as his feckless father moved the family in search of lasting employment******. Support Al Kemal for Mayor of London: the People’s Choice! « raincoaster
Many people striving to get through the next fortnight of seemingly ceaseless spending may be tempted to spread the cost with a zero per cent credit card. Times, Sunday Times
Simply inserting the word "conservation" in the pesticide label and slightly watering down the percentage of the active ingredient, brodifacoum, does not make this rodenticide safe for wildlife, nor will it make it any less persistent. Maggie Sergio: The Proposal to Poison a Wildlife Refuge
Unless a guide is along for the ride, it's all too easy to overshoot the reef and find yourself in green water, 200 feet above the nearest marine life.
The institute says that less than 1 per cent of households would willingly pay for the meters if they had a choice. Times, Sunday Times
And the fact is that women just dig men who see clips of defenseless mother pigs stuffed in crates so small that they can't turn around, and then blurt out, "But, I love me some bacon! Josh Tetrick: Five Reasons Why Man = Meat
The exams are just around the corner and students are bogged down with preparation work for practicals and orals but the Transition year students found time to raise funds for those less fortunate.
The social networking giant has admitted excluding views of less than three seconds from its figures. Times, Sunday Times
I don't think you're playing devil's advocate (a word every/filmer seems to want use) simply by making entirely senseless comparisons between films like Transformers and There Will Be Blood, and ranting on with points of view that even someone in defense of Transformers would never use. Things I Noticed While Watching 20 Minutes of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek | /Film
A homeless woman is back on the streets again after being evicted from a telephone box.
And Buddhism and Hinduism were sketched out in the India issue: the less personalised and politicised nature of these religions makes it easier.
The attitude of sex offense and the examination of mass media were the topics less to be reported lately.
And this is the cause that disputes with such persons are generally fruitless, especially as immixed with that intemporancy of reviling other men wherein they exceed; for if that be a way either of learning or teaching of the truth, it is what the Scripture hath not instructed us in. Pneumatologia
The countless mini-roundabouts popping up where there just simply isn't room for a roundabout is another danger, increasing the number of small shunts & bumps.
Regardless of how skilled she knew she was, the extreme risk and danger of what she was about to undertake wasn't lost on her.
He also has a deft touch with desserts: The baklava and kadayif are subtle, less sweet and honey-drenched than most.
To academic historians they were ‘mere entertainment’ - just mindless pap for gormless morons.
One effortlessly got saturation coverage, the other struggled to get noticed, despite the mandatory presence of a celebrity, a suitably weighty one too.
Not so with this trivial, lawless country club set of the 1920's, drunk part of the time and reckless all of it, codeless, dutiless, restless. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism
Chess takes the place of all the other passions, and the people in his life, including his parents, become shadowy, meaningless figures.
The first letter she wrote me was less than a page long, and her second letter was similarly brief.
Memphis was 7-3 entering the week, but six of the victories were against teams from lesser conferences.
Less shouting makes for a more attentive audience. Times, Sunday Times
His identification with the hero of the book made him sleepless.
Close to the mangroves a big hawksbill turtle surfaced then lay motionless in the sunshine, no doubt sunbathing.
The beast was as huge as an aurochs, its glossy midnight mane shining in the sunlight as it pawed the ground restlessly with one forehoof.
Unless you've been hiding under an unfashionable rock for the past year, you'll have the word camel firmly rooted in your fashionista lexicon. Philippa Young: Camel: It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or White
The two leads give crackerjack performances, their timing, dynamism and interaction almost flawless.
A small miracle after the endless hiding.
In nature there are no groundless talk, the earth will not form.
What I really liked, from my white boy point-of-view, was Eddie taking a brief second to explain his continual usage of the N-word: because its power is lessened the more it's used.
This was the first bloodless revolution the city, which has been burned down forty times in its history.
Other numerous species include the yellowbilled diver Gavia adamsii, whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, lesser whitefronted goose Anser erythropus, slatybacked gull Larus Schistisagus, Kamchatka tern Sterna camtschatica, guillemot Uria aalge, thickbilled guillemot Uria lomvia, pigeon guillemot Cepphus columbs, ancient murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus, horned puffin Fratercula Corniculata and tufted puffin Lunda cirrhata. Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation
But the record is less impressive. Times, Sunday Times
Anything less than a convincing victory by Graham Taylor's team will undermine their chances of qualifying from Group 2.
And where he is matchless is as a poet of fishing and the sea.
The court say that, "to be a citizen it is necessary that he should be entitled to the enjoyment of these privileges and immunities, upon the same terms upon which they are conferred upon other citizens; and unless he is so entitled, _he cannot, in the proper sense of the term, be a citizen_. An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting
If we posit a voiceless spirant value for Uralic *x by this stage anyway, over in PFP the closest equivalent would be śexćim. Update of my "Diachrony of Pre-IE" document
However, this happy juxtaposition of Eastern style and Western living has not always been so effortless.
All Slavic languages, to a greater or lesser degree, have developed from contact with the Urnfield culture.
When he looks at you like that, you feel like you're standing at the verge of a bottomless abyss, a void so deep that it has its own mystical gravitation.
Grim, sure, but true - not to mention ruthlessly egalitarian, which is why people rarely lob the P-word at those whose answer to life is, "Who knows? Why I love Carolyn Hax
This is a gigantic behavior difference cued by one tiny and costless change in procedure.
When you think that we craftsmen who make all these things by hand, it follows that piece is different; these are all timeless pieces. Times, Sunday Times
inconceivability" is used in the sense of relative inconceivability, it is incorrectly used, unless it is qualified in some way; because, if used without qualification, there is danger of its being confused with inconceivability in its absolute sense. A Candid Examination of Theism
I might have understood how clumsy I was, when I was rearing my children in the most utter idleness and luxury, to reform other people and their children, who were perishing from idleness in what I called the den of the Rzhanoff house, where, nevertheless, three-fourths of the people toil for themselves and for others. What to Do?
In some cases, difficulties arise because of a combination of less individualisation and low survival.
For example, you may not be allowed to study, say, economics unless you also take statistics or computing.
This is the exclusive preserve of the cave explorer who cares less for personal discomfort.
You can use standard wireless technology in hand-helds that have a huge capacity - they can have up to 250 megabytes now.
One of the problems with this kind of pricing is that it has a tendency to hammer the less profitable stores or chains, such as Borders. September « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website
At the two-minute mark of the eleventh round, De La Hoya delivered a left uppercut that traveled less than 6 inches.
You can't win in this world unless you are 100 percent flexible, and none of us are that.
Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure. Thomas A. Edison
Innovations in touchless technology have made it possible to install an automatic flusher without ripping out existing fixtures.
It is no more a sign of weakness to change leadership in wartime if success depends on it than it is to remove a baseball pitcher who is getting shelled in order to prevent the game from becoming hopelessly lost.
Six biogeographical zones, ranging from subtropical forest to highland scrub, host an impressive 151 species of bird, 34 species of mammal, 228 species of butterfly and countless plants. Taiwan's Greatest Ascent
I astound myself with my memory for useless childhood trivia.
He engaged in endless litigation against the media.
He admitted to five different affairs and countless visits to massage parlors for ‘full-body’ massages.
Then the court will decide who must take care of minor children unless the parents have appointed a guardian.
The length should be that of the bandaging; the breadth, three or four fingers; thickness, three or fourfold; number so as to encircle the limb, neither more nor less; those applied for the purpose of rectifying a deformity, should be of such a length as to encircle it; the breadth and thickness being determined by the vacuity, which is not to be filled up at once. On The Surgery
Doubtless his friends and family were working on his behalf and might well be involved with Peggy Say's campaign.
Cheerful competition between strongmen is harmless enough in times of peace. Times, Sunday Times
Why do mindless vandals frequently ruin our beautiful parks and public buildings?
Unless you live in a developed city, you do your laundry by hand, and no matter where you live, you hang it out to dry.
I also happen to have some agelessly lovely friends. Michele Willens: Face It: We Are All 'Hot' Somewhere
But the settlements prevailed, delusory shortcuts to a palpable proof that the Jewish people were truly blessed by God. The Chosen Peoples
I'd like to thank my backroom staff who worked tirelessly. The Sun
What seems like harmless flirty fun to you is filling her with anxiety. The Sun
Well, sir, I won't say anything about the hextry gas, though a poor widder and sevenpence hextry on the thousand, but I'm thinkin 'if you would give my Rosie a lesson once a week on that there pianner, it would be a kind of set-off, for you know, sir, the policeman tells me your winder is a landmark to' im on the foggiest nights. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
The Slow-worm (_Anguis fragilis_) is limbless, and so are the members of the sub-class Apoda among the Hormones and Heredity
Ms. Miller's imprisonment for civil contempt of court was less a perfect storm — to use one of the press 'hoarier clichés to characterize a grim convergence of unpleasant events — as it was a brownout, a distressing midsummer sign that a full power outage is on its way. The Great D.C. Plame-Out, Or: Novak, Lord of the Journo-Flies
The center console is neat and simple, stressing a less-is-more minimalism.
The Roman satirists savagely expose the fawning homage heaped upon the childless rich.
Just because the clothes are less formal, that doesn't mean you skip regular clothing maintenance like ironing and washing.
I shrugged uselessly, before I turned to hear Alex's laugh vibrating in the room.
A conical rhyton from the cemetery at Kameiros on Rhodes is even less easily understood.
Made chiefly from riveted stainless steel and copper sheeting, these free-standing works are occasionally complemented with wood.
A catapult fired point-blank, and flames broke over the roiled water, but it was pointless.
Concentrate on one airline: Very frequent flyers get more free upgrades, often pay less to buy upgrades, and get preferred treatment on standby upgrade lists.
What we do have here is a rather queer looking creature with a faceless Charlie Brown head, duck legs, two jointless yet pliable arms, and tentacles.
Incommon law countries such as Canada, thetest of criminalliabilityis expressed by theLatinphrase, actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea, which means that “the act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is also guilty”. Man Not Criminally Responsible for Greyhound Bus Beheading; Victim’s Family Call for Punishment : Law is Cool
If a jewel falls into the mire, it remains as precious as before; and though dust should ascend to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered.
The air time is sold by broadcast bottom feeders who could care less about anything beyond profit margins.
You cannot tell people to shrink or become less fit. Times, Sunday Times
Slicked-back hair, a bushy Italian mustache, sleeveless Iggy Pop T-shirt, cut to show his shoulder tats - "wham" across the left, "pow" on the right. Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
Just as Peter Crouch the binman may find his lanky frame considerably less alluring to the opposite sex. Archive 2009-07-01
Crank baits trolled parallel to the shore or over sand flats in the DIRTY water where wind is blowing waves into the shore or shallows is good too regardless of the depth. Whats a good bait to use for walleye? ive never caught one but we now have land at a lake that is stocked with some.
Perhaps these dark thoughts are why he can be restless at night. Times, Sunday Times
Swelling and bloating are often less troublesome if you avoid adding extra salt to food and steer clear of smoked meats and ready-cooked meals. The Sun
He came 20th, causing him great disappointment as his objective was no less than outright victory.
Alex was almost speechless with rage and despair.
They don't really have a choice Born helpless, nude and unable to provide for himself, Lore Sjöberg eventually overcame these handicaps to become an alien, an aileron and an ailurophile. Lore Sj
Frederick, a bisexual misanthrope in a childless, political marriage, was a lapsed Calvinist who held all religions in contempt.
But it is nonetheless another intriguing work from one of the true auteurs currently working in cinema.
Her weak façade of control did not hide her utter defenselessness and need to be wanted. Too Old for Their Age
How many fathers would drive their daughter 120 miles through mountainous terrain so she could attend weekly ballet and singing lessons?
MY boyfriend won't come to bed until the house is spotless. The Sun
A ducat was a gold piece of the size of an old French louis, though less thick. Catherine De Medici
The next posts are often about useless slimming products and they might be tempted to buy them without seeking proper advice. The Sun
Lateness and carelessness are subjects for complaint.
Lower scores are associated with less depressive symptomatology whereas higher scores are associated with more depressive symptomatology.
Unless the context is made very clear, the reader or hearer cannot be sure whether such an expression as ‘fulsome praise’ is meant in the sense ‘generous in amount, extent’ or in the sense Perry suggests.
History repeats itself in some less than mysterious ways.
Nevertheless, the international credit crunch and the weakening of global growth will "aggravate" the slowdown of the Icelandic economy, Mr. Haarde said. As Iceland's Krona Falls,
Outdoor barbecue ready to eat food and spices which are less likely to fatten up ah?
Hundreds of homeless people could freeze to death this winter.
This stuff doesn't merely placate the listener with predictable, danceable nursery rhymes but lashes out and lacerates the eardrum relentlessly.
Other are supporting the attempt to make it less straightforward to obtain ebooks through a library. Times, Sunday Times
It is surprisingly easy to manoeuvre and far less treacherous than parasailing. Times, Sunday Times
Nevertheless, women did not enjoy juridical equality in marriage and the family until new family legislation was passed in 1977.
Silliness in stories is more or less excusable, since they are not even supposed to be believed. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
Countless millions here and abroad will be hoping the Royal romance brings joy in dark economic times. The Sun
In contrast, farmed rabbit has a less pronounced flavour but is often more tender than its cousin. Times, Sunday Times
This helps the less well-off who spend a greater share of their income on products such as clothes; it hits the better-off, who spend more on services.
Unless you return the form within seven days, the offer will be withdrawn.
When mistakes are made a full apology is often less damaging than a grudging admission that events have not gone as planned.
It was more than that, of course, but she liked the careless sound of the alliteration. FLIGHT LESSONS
The jockey was said to have undergone lessons in etiquette; the horse had not, though it acquitted itself extremely well. Times, Sunday Times
Maybe people are less excitable in Bicester Village. Times, Sunday Times
Digital signals can be compressed to take up less space, leaving room for additional programming.
Any tartness and capers seemed to have abandoned this dish for a more elegant life, leaving a creamy, flavourless gloop on the plate.
The telemetered technology will also benefit from integration with wireless-phone technology.
He did in these extremities, as I conceive, most humbly recommend the direction of his judicial proceedings to the upright judge of judges, God Almighty; did submit himself to the conduct and guideship of the blessed Spirit in the hazard and perplexity of the definitive sentence, and, by this aleatory lot, did as it were implore and explore the divine decree of his goodwill and pleasure, instead of that which we call the final judgment of a court. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
Unless you live in the tropics, even the most toned among us is apt to uncover lackluster skin when summer comes.
Eating a good diet significantly lessens the risk of heart disease.
Its markings were unmistakeable, as were the large, soulless, jet black eyes.
Gorgeous in a seemingly effortless Kate Hudson/Blake Lively kind of way, her future calling dawned on her when she saw her dad performing on stage and became enamored with the costumes the dancers were wearing. Buzzine » Stacey Oristano
Batting and, to a lesser degree, bowling are tackled together. Times, Sunday Times
I am quite breathless with excitement, or possibly contempt. Times, Sunday Times
Transport aircraft carrying supplies kept the German columns moving swiftly, and finally relentless bombing helped to force Warsaw into submission.
Unless these conditions are fulfilled, we consider any assistance given to the artels and the co-operatives not only useless, but definitely harmful.
I was right; this time the sonic landscape was less of a frequency battle and a much more harmonious experience. Times, Sunday Times
Tonight is blissfully planless, and will likely feature sorting through stories with Adam and catching up on the TiVo stuff. Odin's Day
But he's always a tireless worker. The Sun
Fr Benjamin blesses the faithful with the Most Holy Eucharist. Oxford Corpus Christi Procession 2009
It's here that he rails for the umpteenth time against lesser critics who have dared to suggest that his boisterous, agonistic account of writerly influence might be weighted in favour of a certain masculinist tradition. The Anatomy of Influence by Harold Bloom – review
Identification includes much less intense and less exclusive attitudes.
From blenders and toasters to refrigerators and professional-style oven ranges, stainless steel products are easy to coordinate with each other and lend a modern edge to a kitchen.
In this lesson, learn the basics of playing barre chords.
The photo plates also age and sex accipiters, those hawks that flap, flap, sail, and are the mostly likely the ones that raid our feeders of hapless birds.
It is a cruel fashion irony, but a shapeless dress looks good only on a shapely body. Times, Sunday Times
That lesson has been read as an encouraging one. The Times Literary Supplement
Nevertheless, CNN has talked to a "language analyst" who gets paid to "[analyze and catalogue] trends in word usage and word choice and their impact on culture," and they report that Obama was too "professorial," and now America is at grave risk of not passing its midterm exams on the oil spill. Obama Oil Spill Speech Criticized By CNN's Language Analyst For Not Being Moronic Enough [UPDATE]
Girls receive less health care and less education in the developing world than do boys.
It was written, edited, illustrated and compiled by homeless and formerly homeless people in San Francisco.
But their recording finds them in less than top form, and Solti sometimes leads them astray.
The paddles turned out to be harmless slapsticks, with holes through the actual paddle part so they could cause a loud slapping noise without hurting.
The art installation suggests the continuity and fragility of Mediterranean civilization, reminding us of the simultaneous remoteness and seamlessness of the past.
I wrote it early in 1945 and it was published in Wireless World in October, just after the war had ended, and it laid down the principles which now determine the world's communication system, the idea that you'd have satellites poised at such a height above the earth that they remained stationery in the sky and so-called synchronous, or geostationary, orbit. Great voices of science fiction
Those who were less keen to compete for migrants could resort to convicts as casual labour.
So get on down the bierkeller, even if everyone knows the figures are next to meaningless. Times, Sunday Times
Modern soldiers are far less responsive to shouting than their predecessors. Times, Sunday Times
The topics in those categories that were less widely dispersed throughout the curriculum included stereochemistry, drug design, drug nomenclature, natural products and biotechnology.
I peered over. There stood Sir Henry doing nothing less than a 11)tribal war dance of sheer unashamed 12)ecstasy.

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