Mr. Morris, an esteemed avant-garde guitarist, is less authoritative a bassist than William Parker, Mr. Shipp's longtime collaborator.
"Americanah" is less authoritative, because its stakes are lower and because Ifemelu's sharp opinions are not accompanied by a strong, aggressive personality.
Leon Botstein — the furiously multitasking president of Bard, co-director of the festival, and music director of the American Symphony, the resident festival orchestra — is less authoritative on the podium.
Mr Shea said the Amnesty report was less authoritative than that of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, which concluded that Nato had committed no violations of international law.
In this respect, Ms. Yahil's book may be considered a bid to outdo Nora Levin's notable 1968 popularization, "The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry, 1933-1945," which, though comprehensive and quite readable, is less authoritative than Ms. Yahil's book.
" it [PST] is a re-working of an old theme of a common-sense sort of step, I suppose that GPs have been using all the time, but it is less authoritarian, and it is less authoritative and it gives the patient a sort of a feeling that they are in control of their own treatment" GP02 "we keep saying, you are just putting into a structured form what we do".
Understand that any information gleaned in this way is less authoritative than obtaining a certified copy through a state Superior Court.
Her assessment that people are not buying as much candy may be less than authoritative because she was in Costco before the season's peak, but Jasmine has also seen how many stores are seductively trumpeting sales and she worries that people have become gun-shy about shopping.
For example, if you are in a highly competitive society — where future success hinges on getting into a good university — parents have an incentive to be less permissive and more authoritative.
