Sentence examples for example was less from inspiring English sources

The typical investment in 1997, for example, was less than $10m.

Arnott's career on the stage, also partly inspired by his grandmother's example, was less dramatic than it might have been.

The Montgomery bus boycott, to cite just one example, was less an act of passive resistance than a campaign of economic warfare.

Kim Josephson's Rigoletto, for example, was less twisted and mean-spirited than most, and as a result his anguish was more sharply defined.

Ms. Sordi Dewell's husband, Andy Dewell, for example, was less blithe than she about the prospect of sharing all their worldly possessions when she raised the idea of a swap last summer.

The monthly trading volume in soybean futures, for example, was less than 5percentt electronic in July 2006, according to exchange data collected by Mr. Irwin and Dwight R. Sanders, a professor of agribusiness economics at Southern Illinois University.

Polyester, for example, is less desirable than smooth knit.

Some dishes — fish with vegetables, for example — were less exciting.

More supportive social relationships for example, being less likely to get divorced.

Malls in New Jersey, for example, were less teeming than usual on such a weekend.

Consumer goods, for example, are less expensive than they would be in a less open environment.