Sentence examples for making lesser from inspiring English sources

Otherwise they would have been burdened with work or making lesser college choices".

Personnel costs -- such as pay, pensions, health care, and housing and food subsidies -- are breaking the defense budget and will be reduced by cutting the Army from 490,000 soldiers (570,000 personnel was the post-9/11 peak) to 440,000 to 450,000 and making lesser cuts to the Marines (200,000 to 192,000), the Army National Guard (355,000 to 335,000), and the Army Reserve (205,000 to 195,000).

There's nothing flashy about it, nothing trendy, just wholesome grandmas like 93-year-old Cesaria making lesser-known regional dishes like lorighittas.

He made lesser inroads in improving education and housing.

For figures like Tiger Woods and Barry Bonds to have to put up with the inane prying of sportswriters would make lesser men want to hide away or lash out.

Saddam imposed his name, his face, and his will on Iraqi history to a degree that makes lesser cults of personality seem like ordinary narcissism.

He's a brilliant rock singer, emotionally and technically; he's got a fantastic soul voice; he has highs, lows, drama - he makes lesser songs seem better than they are.

Whether or not you buy Mr. Broomfield's findings, the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight, pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover.

Then there is Yuki's raspberry kaftan, which looked lovely on the statuesque Anglo-American actress Gayle Hunnicutt for whom it was originally made, but might make lesser souls (and bodies) look as if they were in a touring production of Abigail's Party.

No city has drafted broader and more robust rules than the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which, with an assist from the British Parliament, criminalized the most egregious ambush tactics and made lesser offenses punishable with fines of $30,000 or more.

The extremes of male sexual misconduct typically serve to make lesser acts — such as secretly removing a condom, or removing plastic guards in the midst of shooting a sex scene, as James Franco allegedly did, though his attorney contends the accusation is "not accurate" — seem, in the grand scheme of things, really not that bad.