The phrase "a less firm" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the firmness of two or more objects or concepts, indicating that one is not as firm as the other.
Example: "The mattress is a less firm option compared to the one we tested earlier."
Alternatives: "a softer option" or "a more yielding choice".
This is, notably, a less firm denial than we've seen previously from the Trump campaign and the White House.
The most popular Bernard Kouchner, Jack Lang and Bertrand Delanoë have a less firm grip on the party, though Mr Delanoë is a well-liked mayor of Paris.
In holding an inauguration, which came at noon Tuesday, Mr. Marcos left office in much the same way he had held it, with a tenacious insistence on the forms and legalisms of government, though holding a less firm grasp of the spirit of the law.
Apps like these will have to retain their professional credibility as well as maintaining a high standard, whilst catering to the needs of their users who will benefit from a less firm hand on the tiller.
It is therefore likely that in countries where guidelines have a less firm position, more variation between GPs will be found and that thus, there is more to gain by encouraging GPs to adhere to and to adopt guidelines.
But these images of Pruitt-Igoe have a much less firm a place in the culture than those of Pruitt-Igoe's destruction, an event that – though commentators have used it in the service of a variety of political points – on balance reinforced the American fear of the type of tall, high-density housing that is so common today in the rich cities of east Asia.
At worst, she could face some awkward legal questions; at best, the Republicans' grip on security, like their grip on family values, looks a lot less firm than it did just a week ago.
Each story leaves your foundations just a little less firm, and over 20 pieces the effect is cumulative.
It won't look like a traditional pizza dough, it will be a little wetter and less firm.
It won't look like a traditional pizza dough, it will be a little wetter and less firm.
We establish a model with heterogeneous multinational firms and show that (a) the LCR policy affects the firms' modes of entry to a new market, with FDI being more likely to be adopted when there are lower LCRs, and (b) when facing the same LCR, a less efficient firm is more likely than a more efficient firm to adopt the FDI mode.
