The phrase "associates less" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduced connection or relationship between two or more entities.
Example: "In this study, we found that the new treatment associates less with adverse side effects compared to the previous one."
Alternatives: "is less connected" or "relates less".
(The author relies more on personal recollections of Shelby associates, less on flamboyant prose).
Social responsibility may be the sort of phrase one associates less with insider hot spots like the Soho House than with the student quad, but lately it is spoken of in some unexpected quarters.
Taken together with the extant literature, our data thus favours a model whereby mRNA deadenylation is a proximal miRNA action that not only promotes mRNA decay but also attenuates the stimulatory role of the poly(A) tail in mRNA translation, by generating an oligo-adenylated form of the mRNA that associates less with cytoplasmic PABP.
Evidence supporting this argument includes the fact that DNA sequence conservation associates less with HI than protein sequence conservation.
This could, for example, be achieved by pretreatments that lead to non-crystalline cellulose, which associates less with lignin than the crystalline form.
Today, Scottsdale is associated less with farming than with Frank Lloyd Wright, massage therapists and outdoor sports.
Alfred Nobel is associated less with the source of his fortune -- dynamite -- than with scientific and literary accomplishment, and peace.
One ingredient associated less with high-end seafood establishments and more with hotel room-service menus is melon.
Second, having job authority is associated less strongly with higher earnings for women compared with men.
In recent years, though, Camus's name has been associated less with erotica than with a single poignant phrase, le grand remplacement.
"Our report looked at aid to education being received by 170 countries since 2003, and showed that it has been associated less with need, and more with trade interests," he said.
