As the sport became more popular, it became less and less of a sport.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

They rated themselves as less depressed and more active in school.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

As a result,property owners earn less and charge less in rent.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

The disaster comes as Obama administration attempts to chart a course toward U.S.energy independence and less reliance on fossil fuels.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

"All our brains shrink a little as we grow older, but in some people it shrinks more and some it shrinks less,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"We say,find more American energy and use less--energy that is as clean as possible, as reliable as possible, and at as low a cost as possible.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

As for cost,Dr.Miller says patients with a heart pump spend less time in a hospital and have lower hospital costs than patients with severe heart disease.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

China is also catching up. Meanwhile in the U.S., the fastest train,known as Acela, reaches less than half those speeds and only operates between Washington, New York and Boston.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

"If they do not feel as if their efforts and sacrifices in NATO are recognized and valued, they will be less inclined to make those efforts and those sacrifices.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

"It certainly seems, that the administration is trying to address issues of human rights a little less, to work more on economic issues, and other global issues such as climate change,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

A representative who co-sponsored the measure described body scans as a "virtual strip search" that the American public should not be subjected to, and suggested using explosives-sniffing dogs as a less-invasive method of detection.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

In the study,patients who received lower doses of steroids by mouth spent less time in the hospital, and their risk of side effects such as glaucoma, high blood pressure and edema, or swelling in the legs, was reduced.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

But central to the debate going on in Britain is the very credibility of the Afghan government as more and more question whether British lives should be put at risk in support of what is seen as a less than clean Hamid Karzai government.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

There are all sorts of security problems. And then there are problems that we in the West would perhaps regard as a little less legitimate, like the simple desire of authoritarian governments to keep tabs on what their people are thinking and doing.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11