The phrase "a crowd less" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a situation with fewer people, but it lacks proper grammatical structure.
Example: "The event was a crowd less gathering, making it easier to network."
Alternatives: "a smaller crowd" or "a less crowded".
At least, that's how it feels once you're inside: plush banquettes, attentive barmen in white coats, and the quiet hum of a crowd less concerned with the price of the oysters than when they were harvested.
But she also has criticism for Cheney and the Bush administration: It's hard to think of a crowd less likely to take responsibility for anything they have done or not done than this bunch.
He recited two more before returning to his seat, one called "Skull on the Post," the other "Pelvic Bone in the Canyon," each of them eliciting laughs and applause from a crowd less interested in iambs and trochees than in a sense of place and a story they could relate to.
It was hard to believe that, with the exception of the centre-half Michael Morrison and now winger Lloyd Dyer, this was the same group of players whose 8-0 home thrashing by Bournemouth – in front of a crowd less than half the size of Saturday's – left them second bottom of the Championship.
@Nedpoulter, @Riprap007 and @Iancharters recommended Chetham's Library, where in 1845 Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx's eyes met fatefully across a crowd-less room, before they went about changing the course of history.
However, Rupert George of the drugs charity Release, said the figures seemed to reflect the changing demographics of festival goers and the shift to an older crowd less likely to be taking drugs.
When the verdict was announced to the crowd less than an hour later, those gathered in the bitter cold erupted in loud cheers.
The attendance was 34,934, the last time a crowd of less than 40,000 has watched a United v Liverpool game.
We are used to playing at the Stadio Flaminio with a crowd of less than 30,000, and with more English fans there than Italians.
Hello?" On February 3rd, Adams returned to Ireland, and was greeted at Dublin Airport by a crowd somewhat less enchanted with his performance than Larry King had been.
Controls on electricity consumption led to the final against Celtic kicking off at 1.30pm on December 15, in front of a crowd of less than 30,000 and in a sleet storm.
