Sentence examples for a less austere from inspiring English sources

But Ferdia, saddled with boy-band good looks and a less austere existence than his friends, struggles to achieve the gritty authenticity Matt comes by so naturally.

Unsurprisingly in view of its composition, the new government is adopting a less austere budgetary stance than its centre-right predecessor, with a greater emphasis on spending increases than tax reductions.

His big idea is that, by showing that France is capable of serious internal reforms, the country will be able to persuade Germany to shift the E.U. toward a less austere economic policy, one more favorable to growth.

Even the most pro-Europe of Greece's political parties, the conservative New Democracy, which came in first, has said a less austere agreement is crucial to a country with a 22 percent unemployment rate and the rising prospect of social unrest.

That helps explain why the I.M.F. has started adopting a less austere stance toward debtor countries, even as countries like Germany continue to take a hard fiscal line, insisting that Athens stick to a program of lower spending and higher taxes.

Some writers defend a less austere version of this model, by weakening the notion of validity.

The house that he and Ray built in Pacific Palisades, with its simple, boxy shapes; abundant light; and whimsical ornaments was a domestic temple for a new, less austere kind of Modernism, one that joined a streamlined, functional, practical style with bright colors and pleasing shapes.

The Germans are looking for a sort of "grand bargain" with Mr. Hollande, Mr. Grant said: French commitment to domestic reform and fiscal discipline in return for Berlin's accepting the beginning of a European banking system, a "growth pact" and a discussion of collectivized debt — and as important, "shifting the policy mix on austerity to be a little less austere," he said.

This was back in the '60s, before the '60s really became the '60s, when all but a few pockets of England were stuck in a slightly less austere addendum to the late '50s.

Personally, I'd rather see him remembered somewhere a little less austere.

Indeed, this newspaper wishes she were a little less austere, and spent more to boost Europe's demand.