The phrase "a lesser amount than" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to compare two quantities where one is smaller than the other. Example sentence: The company's profits this quarter were a lesser amount than the previous quarter.
Being in jail, the ex-wife figured it was better to ask the judge for a lesser amount than get nothing at all".
"The economic value of the medical benefits were one of the reasons he agreed to a lesser amount than he otherwise would have," said Arnold Peter, the lead lawyer for Mr. Graham.
It would have raised the state minimum wage slightly by a lesser amount than it has since been raised and, in the fine print, would have made it impossible ever to raise it again except by a two-thirds vote in both houses of the legislature, while, for good measure, eliminating overtime for millions of workers.
It would have raised the state minimum wage slightly — by a lesser amount than it has since been raised — and, in the fine print, would have made it impossible ever to raise it again except by a two-thirds vote in both houses of the legislature, while, for good measure, eliminating overtime for millions of workers.
The woody parts of branches display a greater nutrient content than analysed stem sections while branch bark was found to contain a lesser amount of nutrients than the stem bark.
These automated trucks could drive in platoons which would make for even more cost savings because platooning reduces drag and makes each truck lose a lesser amount of fuel than they would have done while driving independently and considering the fact that how long these trucks have to travel, the money saved could be huge.
In Lam Dong, for instance, local authorities decided to pay better-off households a lesser amount per hectare than poor households as a levelling strategy, although both groups provided the same kinds and quality of environmental services.
Patients with a maximum gradient during exercise ≥50 mm Hg tended to have a lesser amount of fibrosis than those with a maximum gradient <50 mm Hg; the difference however did not reach significance (1.1% (IQR 0 3.9) vs 4.1% (IQR 0.5 8.2), p=0.089).
It can be concluded that the active sites in the outer rim of the catalyst particle, containing predominantly both Ti and Cr, produce more linear type of polyethylene with a lesser amount of branching than the core of the catalyst particle, which contain almost exclusively Cr.
In this study, the possibility of producing self-compacting concrete with a lesser amount of fine material than the conventional SCC while using a polysaccharide type VMA is investigated.
Yet, our data are consistent with the fact that LV myocardium of the female rats, even after a large MI, revealed a lesser amount of interstitial collagen than males [ 13].
