adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bit more/less
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Can we have a bit less noise, please?
be more so/less so/too much so
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The band is popular and likely to become more so.
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Jerry is very honest, perhaps too much so.
far more/less
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I enjoyed it far more than I expected.
have more/less luck
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I hope you have more luck in the next competition.
higher/larger/less etc than normal
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The journey took longer than normal.
less advantaged
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Some of the boys come from less advantaged backgrounds.
less than perfect (= not perfect )
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So many excellent writers, for example Byron and Keats, were less than perfect spellers.
less well-off (= have less money )
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Many pensioners are less well-off than they used to be.
less/least likely
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The smallest puppies are the least likely to survive.
more/less fortunate than sb
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We’ve been more fortunate than a lot of farmers.
more/less frequent
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Her headaches are becoming less frequent.
more/most/less/equally importantly
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Most importantly, you must keep a record of everything you do.
quite a bit more/less
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They’re worth quite a bit more than I thought.
see more/less of sb (= see someone more or less often )
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They’ve seen more of each other since Dan moved to London.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be nothing less than sth
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Japan's economic recovery was seen as nothing less than a miracle.
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They way they treat their workers is nothing short of barbaric.
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But of course to Miss Hoity Toity Grenfell, it was nothing less than she expected.
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He come to the remarkable conclusion that Ardakke was nothing less than the setting for the next evolutionary step for mankind.
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In such context, between such gilt-lettered cloth-bound boards, the concession was nothing less than munificent.
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It is nothing less than an opportunity to save or change the world.
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Learn each week in 60 seconds why fashion is nothing less than a full-time job!
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Milosevic is nothing less than a traitor.
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The experience of being on Iona is nothing less than magical and I am moved to tears.
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The result, and the acceptance of it, is nothing less than an outrage.
more haste less speed
more or less
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"Did they have what you were looking for at the hardware store?" "Yes, more or less."
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There were 50 people there, more or less.
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This report says more or less the same thing as the previous one.
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What she says is more or less true.
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Alexei was a mining engineer in the Kuzbas, but he had more or less refashioned himself into a translator.
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And then I was using it more or less daily for years ....
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As things are, it's more or less useless.
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Lesbians, being women, were more or less ignored as in-consequential so long as they were quiet about their sexuality.
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Look also for R Centauri, a red Mira-type variable more or less between the Pointers.
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Some programs will let you set the size of the buffer to keep more or less text.
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The Trilogy helped create this new man of labor, who is more or less a paralegal.
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This time she saw pebbles laid out over the whole of the surface, more or less evenly spaced.
much less
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I doubt Clemson will even make the finals, much less win.
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Even Libertarians, who advocate much less government, are happy to accept public campaign money.
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Even today, most politicians rarely wear neckties, much less power suits.
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I will become much less easily tired ... much less easily fatigued ... much less easily discouraged ... much less easily depressed.
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In the end, the tax brought in much less revenue than originally forecast.
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Its development costs are not much less than the firm's total asset value.
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That had to ne injected daily, but her husband recalls the injections being much less frequent.
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The bill now goes to the Senate, where its fate is much less assured.
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Try dowsing without rods: it's much less cumbersome.
sb couldn't care less
the less fortunate
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The organization is collecting canned food to help the less fortunate .
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Another case of hard-hearted capitalists pushing aside the less fortunate to enhance their investments?
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He devoted his time to prayer and aiding the less fortunate .
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His capacity to persuade people to pay attention to the plight of the less fortunate was constant.
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In the wider world we examine the great differences between countries like our own and the less fortunate poor world.
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It should be spending them on the less fortunate .
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Phoenix officials often talk of the helping hand they give to the less fortunate .
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The proposals include a comprehensive programme of security and protection for all those engaged in helping the less fortunate .
the more ..., the more/the less ...
the more ..., the more/the less ...
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He seemed to care less and less about the band, and eventually decided to leave.
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I want something less formal than a traditional wedding dress.
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Of course, it would be less expensive to use frozen fish.
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Our awards were presented by the mayor, no less .
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Since we got the car, we walk a lot less than we used to.
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This type of problem still occurs, but less than it did in the past.
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Tickets were less expensive than I expected.
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We go to movies less often than we used to.
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With the growth of telecommunications, the location of a company's headquarters is becoming less and less important.
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You should drive less and walk more often.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But retail investors are trading less and borrowing less from their brokers, cutting the industry's core profits.
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But there has been a good deal less successful cross-border brand-building in the confectionery division.
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Cycling was certainly less hazardous than today, as petrol rationing restricted motor traffic.
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Gradual changes are much less traumatic than sudden changes.
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How, they ask, can we entrust this task to some one whose character is anything less than spotless?
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However, the adaptation to changing potassium intakes is less rapid and less complete than for sodium.
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They are less depressed, less likely to become addicted to drugs and less likely to commit suicide.