Sentence examples similar to but is less sumptuous from inspiring English sources

The exhibition designers (Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku of the French studio Jouin Manku) have arranged the jewelry on long tables in the centers of the rooms — "a nod to the sumptuous dinners that the Carnegies held with world leaders," a news release tells us, but the reality is less dignified.

But the difference is less.

The images are sumptuous and full of things to look at, but they give the equally strong impression that this factual-fictional world is less than full.

The interior is no less sumptuous: you proceed through wrought-iron gates, flanked by Corinthian columns, to a grand oak staircase that sweeps up to a gallery level lit by five tall stained glass windows, emblazoned with the coats of arms of Yorkshire towns.

But analysts were less sanguine.

But he's less interested.

But outsiders are less charmed.

But others were less forgiving.

But bankers are less sanguine.

But voters are less content.

But others are less forgiving.