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

VOA: special.2010.02.21

But lately bankruptcy became less and less of a surprise.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

"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

and I think that science fiction became more escapist fantasy and less a warning or intellectual medium.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

She says that's more of a reflection on the fact there are less athletes and events in the Winter Olympics than a sign of the recession.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

There are also images of him as he approached middle age in the 1990's a time he gained the blessing of no less a moral authority than Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Independent of those things, the findings still showed that optimists had less of a chance of dying during the eight-year period.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

Last month we reported about a study that showed eating even a little less salt could greatly help the heart.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

The researchers knew it would be easier and less costly to map a smaller frog with fewer chromosomal pairs.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

The railroads made it possible to travel from one side of the country to the other in less than a week.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

About thirty percent of workers age sixteen to twenty-four with less than a high school diploma were unemployed last month.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Women who said they were physically active even once a week showed less cognitive impairment as measured by a test.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

A low-fat diet is one in which less than thirty percent of a person's daily calorie intake comes from fat.

VOA: special.2011.07.05

In nineteen sixty Doctor Seuss was urged by a book publisher to write a book using less than fifty words.

VOA: special.2010.05.02