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Example sentences for "less amount"

  • The philosophy of this is, that if the pitch has become coarser a less amount of movement of the screw is necessary, while if it has become finer an increased movement is necessary.

  • One of them possesses the means of enjoyment to a greater extent than the other with a less amount of Value, because it is favoured by nature, and it has fewer obstacles to overcome.

  • In most cases the anterior labour probably renders a less amount of service than the new labour, but this is not an absolute law which admits of no exception.

  • In examining the magnetism of these slates, I was led to infer that these spots would contain a less amount of iron than the surrounding dark slate.

  • Hence, to fuse bismuth under great pressure, a less amount of heat will be required than when the pressure is removed; or, in other words, the fusing point of bismuth is lowered by the pressure.

  • Thomson, a less amount of heat suffices to liquefy it.

  • And lastly, many countries, as we have seen, about the year 1873 so changed their monetary laws as to use a much greater amount of gold, and a less amount of silver or paper.

  • It varies directly with the activity of commerce, and universally with the activity of money,--a less amount of money doing a greater work when active than when sluggish.

  • The 86° gasoline contains a greater proportion of oily matter and a less amount of that of a spiritous nature.

  • A less amount of moisture would give a higher value for the same fuel.

  • The high fusing point and the low specific heat of tungsten permits the filament to be heated to a higher temperature than the carbon filament and with a less amount of electric energy.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    each year; feelings towards; less closely; less complete; less considerable; less dangerous; less depressed; less developed; less differentiated; less distinct; less extensive; less hairy; less marked; less quantity; less serious; less sterile; less than; less then; less time; lesser degree; lumber camp; miles from its mouth; several persons; such was; wife should; with much