adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lesser evil (= a bad thing, but not as bad as something else )
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She knew that she couldn't leave the children, so she opted for the lesser evil and stayed.
a lesser offence (= one that is not as serious as another offence )
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For rioting you can receive ten years in prison, while for the lesser offence of violent disorder you can receive five years in prison.
to a lesser extent ( also to less extent ) (= less )
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The same is true for women, though to a lesser extent.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
amount
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Usually a choice has to be made whether to carry out 100% inspection or some lesser amount on a sampling basis.
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Receiving a far lesser amount was another sponsor, Rep.
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Skills are being learnt, greater or lesser amounts of efforts are being made by individuals.
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Charged approximately 7.50 per hour for the public meeting, and a lesser amount for the exhibition space.
charge
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But magistrates found them guilty on a lesser charge of causing the animal to be terrified.
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Often, in panic, the accused will admit to the lesser charge without a trial.
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The appeal court, overturning this conviction, found him guilty only on what was described as the lesser charge of genocide.
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The others are likely to face lesser charges because they apparently played more limited roles.
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Whoever gunned Mahoney while he lay in a hospital bed need have no pipe dreams about Murder Two or other lesser charge .
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That deadline may force the department and prosecutors to either file the lesser charges or drop the costly, complex investigation.
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He was convicted of the lesser charge by a jury, with the addition that the assault had taken place under provocation.
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Originally charged with aggravated battery, he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of reckless homicide.
crime
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Tawell would be charged with the lesser crime of possessing a forged bond rather than actually forging it.
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Six others were acquitted of genocide and the remaining two were given prison sentences for the lesser crime of negligence of duty.
degree
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That road is coated with tar - the same substance found, to a greater or lesser degree , in cigarettes.
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So did some leaders in Mesa, Chandler and Scottsdale, cities that participated to a lesser degree .
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Each of these premises can be seen acting to a greater or lesser degree in the siting of any particular settlement.
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One can argue that transfer payments involve a lesser degree of government intervention in the economy than do government purchases.
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On the contrary they are a natural feature of the human condition, present in everyone to a greater or lesser degree .
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Instead, the governments in the Middle East - survive to a greater or lesser degree by simple repression.
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What is meant by science in this case is of course the physical sciences and to a lesser degree the biological sciences.
evil
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Here reasoned choice between lesser evils was the course which brought the least ill on humanity.
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If it comes to the crunch, going in would seem to me the lesser evil .
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In a continent where economic successes are rare, authoritarianism may seem a lesser evil than abject poverty.
extent
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Supplies came from the London Brick Company and to a lesser extent from nearby Stonehouse.
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It also applied, to a lesser extent , in Prussia.
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Rather, they affect production through their influence on labour quality and, to a lesser extent , labour quantity.
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Some techniques were employed to a lesser extent but still provide invaluable comparative results.
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With every formal organisation there exists, to a greater or lesser extent , a complex informal organisation.
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All societies differentiate and, to a greater or lesser extent , allocate unequal rewards on the basis of age.
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Mutuality of feeling may enable acceptance of this in both partners and to a greater or lesser extent usually does.
importance
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These purely doctrinal responses were, however, of lesser importance than one practical implication of Luxemburgism.
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A number of measures of lesser importance but worthy of note were passed during Pinay Cuevas' ministership.
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A symbol of lesser importance was the cross and its variants such as the star, wheel and swastika.
man
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Certainly he is a lesser man .
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But real life, of course, teaches lesser men to keep their heads down and their mouths shut.
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His fitness and determination ensured that he survived a journey on which a lesser man could have been lost without trace.
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The superficial similarities might make a lesser man than Mikhail Gorbachev tremble.
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It is a political culture in which the strong man dominates a series of lesser men through intimidation and debt.
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It was not often that the High King searched me for truth as he was wont to search lesser men .
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The men are important, especially the lesser man.
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This is certainly true of lesser men at the royal court.
mortal
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And together we were emphatically co-operative that neighbouring forces were populated by lesser mortals .
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Successful engineering students tended to be contemptuous of the work habits of lesser mortals .
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We lesser mortals who had been banished to such places as Wolverton were, however, less fortunate.
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Those who are out for good times race but we lesser mortals chat and laugh, banter and encourage.
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There are two recently developed areas which are perfect for lesser mortals .
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Cook was making fresh cornbread rolls for breakfast and lesser mortals were hard at it with brooms and mops.
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We lesser mortals have to be content with the Lesser Detective.
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No wonder prime ministers treated him as their equal, and lesser mortals on the political scene regarded him with awe.
offence
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Indecency in public displays is and should remain a separate if lesser offence .
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His state of mind will help to determine whether he is guilty of murder or the lesser offence of manslaughter.
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Or would it be fairer to convict the harm-doer of a lesser offence , thus ignoring the chance result?
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If it results in young Pardy being charged with a lesser offence , Deanes will be highly satisfied.
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However, of these, 42 percent. pleaded guilty to a lesser offence such as indecent assault.
role
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But the great difference here is the lesser role played by registration.
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What geophysicists have been lacking is a way to measure the temperature deep down, where radioactive heating plays a lesser role .
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Guide books customarily take a lesser role , informing the traveller and listing things to see.
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Educational requirements play a lesser role for interviewers placing secretaries, word processing operators, and other clerical personnel.
sum
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Payment of lesser sum Order 11 contains the provisions which apply.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lesser/ordinary/mere mortals
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A penchant for setting oneself apart and above mere mortals .
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And together we were emphatically co-operative that neighbouring forces were populated by lesser mortals .
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However, such models of the universe are not of much interest to us ordinary mortals .
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Lords, ladies, dukes and duchesses figure prominently among the names as well as more ordinary mortals of obviously substantial means.
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Miracles can be worked by Him alone, although mere mortals may entreat Him by prayer to perform them on their behalf.
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She held herself raised by her great prosperity above all that ordinary mortals fear and reverence.
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This increased exposure allows them to exploit their advantages over more ordinary mortals more easily than their predecessors could.
to a greater or lesser extent
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All of us, to a greater or lesser extent, have been doing this all our lives.
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All polite exchanges are conventional to a greater or lesser extent.
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All societies differentiate and, to a greater or lesser extent, allocate unequal rewards on the basis of age.
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Both historians proceed to a greater or lesser extent by way of discussion of great photographers.
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Different professional institutions may define to a greater or lesser extent the modes and their mix.
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In these cases A is to a greater or lesser extent unclear, ambiguous.
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They also, to a greater or lesser extent, existed outside mainstream, predominantly male controlled, hierarchical structures.
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With every formal organisation there exists, to a greater or lesser extent, a complex informal organisation.
well-known/little-known/lesser-known
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The jury found him innocent of murder, but could not decide on the lesser charges.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But real life, of course, teaches lesser men to keep their heads down and their mouths shut.
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His fitness and determination ensured that he survived a journey on which a lesser man could have been lost without trace.
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Hundreds of lesser sites were destroyed.
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It had lain on the matting by his feet looking somehow obscenely wealthy and golden among the lesser coins.
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Rather, they affect production through their influence on labour quality and, to a lesser extent, labour quantity.
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The lesser verdict may also assist the judge in sentencing, and help the public to understand the sentence imposed.
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To impress and drive away lesser males, the harem bull develops a darker coat and a swollen neck.