Sentence examples for for a lesser light from inspiring English sources

It increases the likelihood of the big boys meeting early on and a path perhaps being cleared to the final for a lesser light.

The company's president, Steve Vetorino, said, "Thirty seconds of shaking at three shakes per second will provide high illumination for five minutes and a lesser light (enough to read by) for about 20 minutes".

Then turn to a lesser light, Crescent Real Estate Equities, which we give an F for performance.

A lesser light was Jacob Meyer de Haan (1852-95), born to a wealthy Orthodox family in Amsterdam.

Sheffield has been a lesser light in the steroids controversy, but he creates his own controversies with his outspoken nature.

In case Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto are both prevented from running by the ICC, they have poached Musalia Mudavadi, a lesser light in Mr Odinga's party, to lead their alliance instead.Most observers think Mr Odinga narrowly won the last presidential contest but had to settle for the lesser job of prime minister in a coalition following the disputed election.

With Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez rested, this was a chance for Barça's lesser lights to shine after a goalless first leg and Sandro and Munir took full advantage.

But he had Jacklin's backing – and even though the captain always led with his stars, he had a genius for inspiring his lesser lights when their moment came.

But the scoring is on three levels: A, which means everyone; B, which excludes the experts; and C, which is for the lesser lights, usually those with fewer than 500 master points.

If Coates is of the opinion that there is one rule for the big clubs who happen to be in the Champions League and another for the lesser lights of the division who spend more of their time worrying about relegation, he may well be right.

McShane's victory below illustrates a crafty GM technique for seeing off lesser lights.