The phrase "a difficulty less" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an attempt to express a reduction in difficulty, but it is not a commonly used or grammatically correct construction.
Example: "The new method presents a difficulty less than the previous one."
Alternatives: "less difficult" or "easier".
Of the individual items 17 had an index of difficulty less than 0.75.
Davidson's study included only ambulatory patients from physiotherapy departments, and the result showed most persons had lower logits difficulty (less disability), while items had higher logits difficulties (more disability) [ 9].
Out of 28 questions, 8 had a difficulty factor of less than 0.75.
This could be a function of remoteness, geographic difficulties, less food production and higher levels of poverty in these regions [ 26].
His screenplay The Count of Solar (1992), for the BBC, was a beautiful story about the education of deaf children in the 18th century, in which his characters overcome difficulties less through miracle, sentiment or patronage than through gentle persistence.
Talking with experienced scientists, who have weathered challenges in the past, can help women and minorities interpret difficulties less personally, improving their resiliency.
I make that distinction because one assumes they would have all the tools and resources available to them to make these family difficulties less challenging.
Students with cognitive and/or language difficulties (less than 1 %), conditions which might undermine the validity of their responses to the assessment protocols, were excluded.
Table 3 presents the adjusted OR with 95% CI for association between condom efficacy and inconsistent condom use (adjusted for the confounding factors of sex, age, rural origin, friends who always use a condom with a new partner, friends who have a difficulty demanding a condom, less pleasure using a condom, multiple sex partners, and alcohol consumption in conjunction to sexual intercourse).
"The problem for Obama is that he will be limiting himself in the expertise he can tap," said Martha Kumar, a Towson University professor who studies presidential transitions, noting that President Bill Clinton faced a similar difficulty with less sweeping rules.
