Sentence examples for less accustomed from inspiring English sources

People were frugal in 1912, or anyway less accustomed to the ease of disposable fashion.

It is far less accustomed to what in much of the rest of the world is the norm: a range of parties, none of them with majority support and none able to rule on its own.

First-time buyers in China are less accustomed to the power of gasoline-powered cars; most commutes are short and slow because of traffic jams; and Chinese law makes it hard for consumers to sue automakers for safety problems.

This he considered an "unco wee price;" and, although the lambs had travelled a distance of twenty miles, he determined on re-driving rather than take it a wearisome march and counter-march for tiny trotters, less accustomed to hard roads than the velvet swards of a green hill-side.

But even Australia, with a batting line-up far less accustomed to English conditions and prone to calamitous collapse, have rumbled along at an average of 3.3 runs an over.

Dolente of the Michigan Election Coalition says that voter education should be a top priority in communities that may be less accustomed to the state's arcane voting procedures.

Snowden on his one regret: "Had I come forward a little sooner, these programs would have been a little less entrenched, and those abusing them would have felt a little less familiar with and accustomed to the exercise of those powers".

"Had I come forward a little sooner, these programs would have been a little less entrenched, and those abusing them would have felt a little less familiar with and accustomed to the exercise of those powers," he said.

Serco The group has obviously had a relatively difficult political environment to contend with over the last six months and revenue growth in 2011 will be much less than we are accustomed to.

"I'm going to get stronger and stronger as the season goes along," he said, recognizing that 19 points on 7 for 21 from the field was not exactly Kobe-esque, much less what New York City was accustomed to seeing of him on the Broadway stage.

Four billion dollars in building projects have been postponed or canceled outright, in large part because Wall Street's bonus babies are getting a tad less than they are accustomed to.