Sentence examples for less mainly from inspiring English sources

Ms. Rosenfeld conducted, more or less: mainly she walked among the players, occasionally gesturing as if she were a party hostess signaling for the next course.

The Obama team has not disclosed how much it has in the bank, though it is substantially less, mainly because it spent around $120m in negative adverts in swing states over the summer attempting to define Romney as elitist, uncaring businessman.

Silicides can sputter less mainly due to the enhanced binding that occurs in these cases.

Igrov-1/25 ET exposed to Doxorubicin retained this drug much less, mainly because of a more efficient drug efflux.

Sputum microscopy is the most useful test in adults for diagnosis worldwide even though it has a sensitivity of 60% or less, mainly because a positive smear requires at least 5000-10000 acid-fast bAFBlli (AFB) per μL sputum sample.

On domestic policy, the record is less impressive, mainly because Congress and the modern Republican Party exists.

Quite simply, America is becoming less white, mainly because of immigration.

The scale of the government's proposed cuts means that procurement expenditure should be reduced by £40bn by 2014-15 through buying less, but mainly through buying much better.

Twombly was less daring: "Mainly I sit and look", he said, "I can't get on a ladder all the time, it hurts".

Alison Jackson does those looky-likey celebrity pictures that were quite amusing once but have become less so, mainly through overfamiliarity.

In Europe and other parts of the world where racing is conducted less often, mainly on turf and under more stringent medication rules, racehorse deaths are less frequent.