Sentence examples for past less from inspiring English sources

At the same time, the zeal for historical revisionism renders the past less set in stone.

He appears more relaxed than in the past, less eager to be weird or odd or just difficult.

In past, less severe downturns, Mr. Collins said, more companies faced the relatively simple problem of owing too much money.

To elaborate, do they view society's current rules as more strict than in the past, less strict, or unchanged?

Instead, by making the German past seem more enlightened, and the Jewish past less particular, it has created an assimilated blandness in which antipodes unite in ersatz tolerance.

"I think people will probably come across stuff that sounds familiar – and hopefully it will make the past less strange," she says.

Irish Republicans also did their bit, atoning, perhaps, for past, less-than-constructive IRA links to the rebels.

In the past, less-well-off members—notably Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Greece have received generous financial help from the EU through these funds, which dish out regional and infrastructure aid.

How should David Cameron react to today's High Pay Commission report that blows the whistle on boardroom remuneration rackets that have seen pay rises of up to 5,000% over the past less-than-glorious 30 years?

What they don't see is all of the insecurity I had about being a good mother to her and my past less-than-stellar decisions.

Instead, the act apprehends a content possessing parts which seem more and more past (or less and less present) as we move from D to A***.