In addition,using the lambs costs much less than hiring workers to prune the vines for seven weeks in the summer.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

One method was to sell oil in one area of the country for much less than the oil was worth.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

Stephen Hillenburg,says he did not expect the series to last longer than one season, much less ten years.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

But it does have a blunt tip, so that if it accidentally goes into my finger, it's much less likely to perforate."

VOA: special.2010.02.10

To lose that fat in a week, you have to burn off at least that amount in calories or eat that much less.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

I once landed on my face. I soon learned that it took much less effort for me to move on Mars than it did on Earth.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

Ulysses Grant would prove to be much less successful in politics than in war.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

And that parents who share ideas with their children and talk with them and who've met most of their child's friends are much less likely to have children who become bullies."

VOA: special.2010.05.06

However,signs of the shortage are much less visible in cities like Jerusalem, where taps have yet to go dry.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

"There are many explanations." "One,is we are just much less active than we used to be.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

But that may be hard to do ince primary care physicians earn much less than specialists.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

After the most lethal and devastating terrorist attack ever, 7.5 years without a repeat is not a record to be rebuked and scorned, much less criminalized."

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

He has had a bad summer. His numbers are down, health care is in peril and he has not been able to work his will on his own party, much less the opposition Republicans."

VOA: standard.2009.09.02