Sentence examples for the lesser half from inspiring English sources

Cleaning the Augean stables of MPs' expenses, horrendous though they are, is the lesser half of parliament's troubles.

As the small ensemble occupying the lesser half of the Savoy's double bandstand, they had to stand up to some of the best big swing bands.

To a certain aging demographic, the term "B side" doesn't automatically equate to filler material, the lesser half of a two-sided single.

After we beat a UConn or something or St. John's, we lose to a team in the lesser half of our league.

"But this is just the lesser half of the truth.

She is the stealth teenager in the lower and lesser half of the women's draw, an 18-year-old whose tennis development has been stunted by illness and injuries.

Admittedly in the play's second, lesser half, Johnson becomes the victim of his own ingenuity.

Her confirmation would mean that Akerlof may be the only Economics Laureate who is the lesser known half in their household.

For years, Willoughby has been the lesser-known half of the answer to this trivia question: Who were the first two players to go directly from high school to the N.B.A.? He made the jump along with Darryl Dawkins.

But in 1982, Michigan's 12th Congressional District opened up, and Mr. Levin has occupied it ever since, forming the lesser-known half of the Levin brother act in Congress.

(i) For taxable years beginning after December 31 , 1966 there may be deducted without regard to the 3-percent limitation the lesser of - (a) One-half of the amounts paid during the taxable year for insurance which constitute expenses for medical care for the taxpayer, his spouse, and dependents; or (b) $150.