Sentence examples for less a final from inspiring English sources

For a moment, it seemed as if the ugly oak coffin, sitting on trestles near the altar, were less a final box than the husk of another husk, the body now joyously unimportant, finally discarded.

"They don't give away any match, much less a final.

Former President Bill Clinton, who narrowly failed to clinch a Middle East peace deal in the last months of his presidency, told the forum on Sunday night that peacemakers "have known for two years what more or less a final agreement would be".

Less a final and true defense of the faith, I position theology as a human response to the mystery of now and a need to articulate our way of being.

So why does this Girls Aloud re-grouping feel less like a "final hurrah" and more like a nostalgic reunion?

Think of the new budget less as a final word and more as the pitch where the next seven months of American political play will be held.

They still adore Mr Thaksin and see this whole election campaign as nothing less than a final push to get their hero back to Thailand.

These were downgraded at least one notch when the disclosures broke, but this seems to be less than a final assessment given the magnitude of the problem.

It has been building and actively improving its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles for years, with the former now more or less in a final state but the latter far from it.

"Tonight was more or less a cup final, we both knew we had to be at the top of our game, and at the end of it we've come out on top". The match was the first league game of the season for Scottish, a month after St Paul's kicked off their Premiership campaign.

This means they will gain much less from a final-salary scheme than colleagues whose earnings peak at the end of their career.