Sentence examples for less than supposed from inspiring English sources

Yet, in terms of historical practice, Sharf has argued that it is unclear how many Buddhists meditated (maybe less than supposed) and it was uncommon for people to write about their own meditational experience [ 61].

In 1926, however, the Piltdown gravels were found to be much less ancient than supposed, and, from 1930, more finds of Pithecanthropus, the discoveries of the more primitive Australopithecus, and further examples of Neanderthals left Piltdown man completely isolated in the evolutionary sequence.

Other studies made in 1934, & '45, disclosed that the disease was a good deal less deadly than had been universally thought, and a good deal less than hertofore supposed.

Indeed, to too many of the war's critics, the relief of Arab suffering seems to matter a good deal less than the supposed venality of America's motives.

Last April, they reported to ministers of the incoming government that emissions from deforestation were almost 10m tonnes a year less than previously supposed "due to new data showing smaller trees being felled".

It would undoubtedly be much less than the supposed $50 million in cash and stock they paid for FriendFeed last year, for example.

As a group, the Justices lobby one another less than many suppose, but Thomas expresses himself in writing or not at all.

"The extent to which beliefs are based on evidence is very much less than believers suppose".

Turnout in presidential elections has fallen less than is commonly supposed, going by the proportion of those eligible to vote who actually cast ballots.

"Rather than being seen as less than she is supposed to be," Dr. Neal-Barnett writes, "a strong black woman refuses to admit she is stressed and keeps her feelings and emotions bottled up inside while she helps everyone else".

He wonders, "How is a mid-level artist — someone who sells more than five thousand copies of a record but less than a million — supposed to live, given this scenario?" The disappearance of the middle is the possibility that unites Anderson and Elberse, suggesting that the blockbuster era and the long-tail era are perfectly compatible.