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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a brief less" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be an attempt to convey a comparison or a reduction, but it lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "I would prefer a brief less explanation on the topic." (This example is incorrect due to the phrase itself.)
Alternatives: "a shorter explanation" or "a brief reduction".
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Mr. Glover began the show with a brief, less impressive stand-up comedy set in which most of the funniest lines went to James Murphy, in a taped skit, who blamed Mr. Glover for contributing to the recent demise of his band, LCD Soundsystem.
We provide a brief, less technical, overview of how the data were simulated.
All participants were given a brief (less than 1 minute) tutorial on using the PDA.
Three different courses of trench fever were described by Kostrzewski: the classic relapsing form associated with shin pain, headaches, and dizziness; the typhoidal form characterized by a prolonged fever, splenomegaly, and rash; and the abortive form, characterized by a brief, less intense course.
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Two types of addiction have been identified [ 35]: rapid tolerance can be induced by a single brief (less than 60 min) exposure to ethanol, while chronic tolerance requires prolonged (~24 h) ones.
"The appearance was brief — less than a minute — but it added to one of the most high-profile weeks of the governor's career," Johnson wrote.
The flashes were very brief, less than two-hundredths of a second, and occurred within a 90-minute span when the Moon was closest to the Leonid stream of rocks and dust.
He attended grammar school and after a brief and less than happy period as a trainee accountant joined the RUC.
But I have experienced only courteous treatment from transportation security inspectors and a brief delay (less than five minutes).
Away From Her, which had a brief release less than a year ago but has returned to cinemas now that Julie Christie has been nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, and Sarah Polley, the writer-director, has been nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.
But after an unsteady start Davie has since seized the industry agenda with his proposal for a joint BBC-commercial Radio Council, whech he will chair in its first year, with a brief no less ambitious than to secure the medium's future in the digital age.
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