Kerosene costs less than other forms of lighting, but it is still costly in poor countries.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

It is estimated that less than two thousand of the animals live in the wild.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

It is also more effective and less costly than the drugs traditionally used.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

This may be a little less purist than the normal view, but I think that it is more realistic."

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

"Is it calmer now? Are people a little less active than they were a few months ago or about a year ago?

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"There is no evidence that the U.S.is any less strong than it has always been.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

It is unrealistic,he says, to expect him to have delivered on most of his promises, less than a year after his inspirational address to the Muslim world.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

It is far less,however, than what Mr.Gadhafi wanted.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

"I think it is safe to say he was surprised,". Less than a year after taking office, Mr.Obama is joining an elite group of recognized peacemakers that includes Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King,Jr.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

With a fledgling recovery gaining strength, it is easy to forget how close major industrialized nations came to economic collapse less than two years ago, an outcome that almost surely would have triggered a worldwide depression rivaling the Great Depression of the 1930s.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21