The United Nations says nearly 60 percent of Afghanistan is insecure to a greater or lesser extent, and access in these areas is limited and risky.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

The defiling effect of lesser transgressions is calibrated to the sinner's intentionality and the presence or absence of repentance.

相对较轻的犯罪带来的亵渎影响,随罪人的犯罪动机,是否出席祭祀仪式和是否悔改而变化。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The polis is natural in the sense that it has grown out of smaller and lesser forms of human association.

城邦是自然的演变,因为它源自,较小单位形式的人类结合。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

She says the GI project will protect the environment in this region and make sure that Kampot pepper keeps its high quality and is not mixed with lesser quality peppers.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16