Sentence examples for thing and less from inspiring English sources

Wouldn't it be reassuring if it was more like a physical thing, and less like an idea?

"This is more of a come-and-be-in-awe thing and less of a fly-your-own-kite thing".

They can also ask to do a bit more of one thing and less of something else as part of their jobs".

If the NHS begins to charge, Bupa will get more patients because paying for doctors would be a normal thing, and less the preserve of a few well off people.

This version is called "Back That Thang Up" (in the original, Juvenile specifies exactly which body part he wants backed up) and, accidentally or not, it is much richer than its more salacious antecedent -- more Bessie Smith's "I'm Just Wild About That Thing" and less R. Kelly's "I Like the Crotch on You".

"They're both capable of really good things and less than great things.

Would you like your partner to do more of some things and less of others?

If we consume fewer calories, eat more of some things and less of other things, and exercise more, we lose weight.

If enough people lose their jobs, factories stop making things, stores stop selling things, and less money lands in people's pockets, it is probably a recession.

"I think there is now a receptiveness in the EU for smarter regulation, less regulation and the EU caring more about the big things and less about the smaller things," he added.

Economic and political reform were two sides of the same coin, thought Mr Kato: Japan had to put more trust in its own people to run things, and less in its governing elite.