Sentence examples for less books from inspiring English sources

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If we weren't there, there would be an awful lot less reading and less books being sold.

"It's always awkward because either you are signing more books or less books than the author next to you," Mr. Amis said.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The remains of the cells at Fort Dimanche, where political prisoners were once crowded in their own excrement, are now being used as a school, though without electricity or running water, much less books.

So, children getting more "screen time" means they're getting less books, bikes, bricks and ball-games time, as their parents use a tablet or smartphone as a digital babysitter.

"I sell less books than a corner book store right now," said Gemstar's chief executive, Henry C. Yuen, noting that the result was that publishers previously offered Softbook and NuvoMedia "small numbers of titles now and then".

McWhorter offers a couple of typical directives: "Don't say less books, say fewer books," and "Say Billy and I went to the store, not Billy and me went to the store".

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Yet given the growing number of e-readers, I suspect there will be a lot less book-throwing in coming years.

Because she is the "more chatty, more sociable" of the two, she said, people sometimes think of her as being less book-smart).

To enjoy the splendor of The Setai for less, book a room at the hotel.

(After all, a paperback you can just leave on a cafe table. If someone takes it, oh well, one less book I have to read).

His library now had one less book.

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