The phrase "are due less" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to express that something is owed or expected to a lesser degree, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "The payments are due less than what was initially agreed upon."
Alternatives: "are owed less" or "are expected to be less."
Many of the systemic flaws are due less to corruption than to judicial overload.
The increased numbers are due less to any particular Spanish strategy than to the fact that terrorism and instability have driven millions of holidaymakers from Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey and France.
And indeed, there are many reasons to believe that Congress's current (and past) fiscal challenges are due less to a lack of economic ingenuity than to a lack of political will, a will that the creation of a commission does nothing to strengthen.
"Support for Snowden and condemnation of his persecution by the American authorities are due less to anti-Americanism among respondents and more to the fact that... [he] placed protecting human rights ahead of his own government's interests," Aleksey Grazhdankin, deputy director of research company Levada Centre, tells the paper.
The actress said Pennsatucky's changes in Season 2 are due less to a possible romantic interest in women, and more to the appeal of power.
But as State's SIV issuance rate has improved, the long waits that SIV applicants experience are due less to State's determination of the merits of the applications, and more to the security-check process applicants must undergo before being issued their visas (also referred to as "administrative processing" or "background check").
Such pain as she suffered may have been due less to the rejection by S.F.B. than to the ensuing publicity.
The lag in United States tourism may be due less to memories of the war and more to a practical fact: There are no direct flights between the United States and Vietnam.
Burress said the slow starts and fast finishes might be due less to rust from not practicing and more to his subconscious.
The triumph of Fascism in Germany is due less to Hitler's leadership than to the marching songs of German youth," said Mr. Leach.
Its ruined condition is due less to the eruption of A.D. 79 than to an earthquake 17 years earlier, after which it was left in disrepair.
