The world of advertising is obviously less bound by convention than the world of banking.

与银行业相比，广告业显然较少受常规的约束。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Briefly, no less than nine of our agents have passed information to us.

简言之,至少已经有9位我们的代理商将信息传递给了我们。

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The interview was less of an ordeal than she'd expected.

面试并非如她想象的那样可怕。

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The study found that eighty-five percent of women who waited less than six months to get pregnant had live births.

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Its average valence electron energy is 5.2 electron volts, which is a heck of a lot less than 11.

它的平均价电子能是,5。2电子伏，那比11电子伏要少得多。

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So finger-pointing at the start of each list, 6 is indeed less than 8 so I'm gonna write it down first.

手指指向列表的开始，6肯定比,8小，我先把它写下来。

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Natural gas power emits merely 20% of the carbon monoxide of coal power, 20% of the nitrogen oxides of coal power, less than 1% of the sulfur dioxide of coal power, less than 1% of the particulate matter of coal power and less than 1% of the mercury of coal power.

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We looked for companies that had both quarterly and annual reductions in outstanding shares, a price-to-earnings ratio of less than 25, three-year earnings per share growth of more than 15% and debt to total capital of less than 30%.

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The meal would have to contain half a cup of fruit and three-fourths a cup of vegetables, and offer less than 640 milligrams of sodium and less than 0.5 milligrams of trans fat.

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