The phrase "a number of less" is not correct in written English.
It is typically used incorrectly as "a number of" should be followed by a plural noun, while "less" is used with uncountable nouns.
Example: "There are a number of less effective methods to consider."
Alternatives: "a few fewer" or "several less".
It also offers instruction in a number of less commonly taught languages.
The recommendations also include a number of less contentious proposals to streamline the government.
However, a number of less common, but more serious, conditions can also cause coughing, that may be described as chronic (i.e., coughing that lasts longer than three weeks).
Beyond these are a number of less famous but also important cases, including his opinions in the Native American cases, Fletcher v. Peck, and Dartmouth College v. Woodward.
The concert was part of the Miller Theater's Stravinsky Festival, which has illuminated a number of less examined byways along this composer's path.
His wealth was certainly stained by blood: it came from an emperor who killed his stepbrother and his mother, as well as a number of less prominent people.
Since the 1970s, Italy has been receiving immigrants from a number of less-developed countries.
Southern Kurdish, also called Pehlewani, consists of a number of less-studied dialects.
She has singlehandedly saved a number of less-well known writers from extinction by championing their work and pushing for their publication.
Since it was established in 1994 by Russia's president at the time, Boris Yeltsin, the order has gone out to a number of less-prominent Americans, historians and business figures, as well as one arguably unsuccessful National Basketball Association coach.
Kushner also was removed from a number of less-exclusive but still highly classified intelligence reports that are sent daily to senior administration officials, because he no longer has sufficient clearance to read them.
