Sentence examples similar to rather less far from inspiring English sources
Hearing about the persecution that preceded the physical attack on Mr. Filin in previous months — his car tires were slashed, his phones, email and Facebook page hacked, and he received numerous threatening phone calls — makes the fictional events of the film "Black Swan" and Natalie Portman's psychotic ballerina seem rather less far-fetched.
Personally, I find the second explanation rather less far-fetched, particularly as so many other Afghan prisoners in Guantánamo -- at least two dozen, including Abdul Razzaq Hekmati, who died in Guantánamo in December without being given the opportunity to clear his name -- were actively opposed to the Taliban, but were betrayed by rivals who had gained the trust of the Americans.
Rather less attention has so far been paid to the outlook for a network of regional fire control rooms planned under Labour.
The answer, so far, is rather less than the effort they gave to elect their hero president.
AND, as Catherine Shoard pointed out, rather less cynically, you're never far from where Alexander Mackendrick shot The Ladykillers.
Admittedly, the horrible going had made the whole weekend seem rather less pertinent than usual, as far as the Festival was concerned.
He also notes, but with rather less fanfare, the existence of a far larger group, the 55-million-member Service Class (cashiers, clerical workers and so on).
Far better mannered and rather less interesting were Megan Fairchild and Joaquin De Luz as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.
Rather less George Clooney.
