We could do with much, much less and I know, I've been a vegetarian for a long time, and you can easily do without anything.

It's much easier to use, much less painful.

And I remember being stuck in New York, this time because of the volcano, which was obviously much less harmful.

And what happened was that more from less you can see how much more for how much less.

I cannot speak English, much less German.

The baby can't walk, much less run.

This is indeed a milestone. But another, much more important news item has received much less attention Greece exported less in 2013 than in 2012.

We try and do more and more with less and less time.

We're able to now build buildings that generate all their own electricity, that recycle much of their water, that are much more comfortable than standard buildings, use all natural light, etc., and, over time, cost less.

And in Scandinavian countries, fathers' income is much less important.

So, the thing that we designed, much less sexy but much more human and practical, was this.

So with such large, lightweight pillows, we had much less steel.

He cannot afford to buy a car, much less a house.

You will spend less time compared to you.

More play will mean less time to study.

His visits became less frequent as time passed.

It doesn't take much time, doesn't take much straw.

In purely economic terms, one could thus argue that youth unemployment (especially teenage part time unemployment) is much less important than unemployment among those who are in their prime earning years. Moreover, young people have the option of continuing their education, thus adding to future earnings power, whereas continuing education is a much less viable alternative for their elders.

But the overall policy mix has been sub optimal, with too much front loaded fiscal consolidation and too much unconventional monetary policy (which has become less effective over time). A better approach in advanced economies would have comprised less fiscal consolidation in the short run and more investment in productive infrastructure, combined with a more credible commitment to medium and long term fiscal adjustment and less aggressive monetary easing.

And I thought molecular weight sounded much less nerdy than molar mass.

Incomes at that time less than 1,000 per year.

I am pleased to say that the drive now takes less than an hour and the experience was much less dramatic. Moreover, the hotel car that made the journey provided free Wi Fi the first time I have come across this anywhere in the world.

I don't have much time.

How much time has passed?

It won't take much time.

Cooking takes too much time.

How much time is left?

They have a skill, which makes them much less dependent on foreign aid.

It didn't make them less happy, it just didn't do much for them.

Excellent speech becometh not a fool much less do lying lips a prince.

Excellent speech becometh not a fool much less do lying lips a prince.

So, traffic keeps flowing, so that means less braking, which means less accelerating, less gas and less pollution, less time wasted, and that partly accounts for Europe's better efficiency than we have in the United States.

A world obsessed with speed, with doing everything faster, with cramming more and more into less and less time.

And I don't have much time.

We've spent too much time here.

We don't have too much time.

How much time would be needed?

Thus, the money we are getting from aid is much, much less than we would earn from the removal of trade distortions.

This is so much more important than Xbox, but it's a lot less glitzy.

You're much less likely to get a good position if you don't speak English.

Much less effort has been concentrated on steering consumers' choice towards sustainable tourism products.

So when dolphins are separating by less than 20 meters, less than half the time they need to use whistles.

Appropriate regulation and sufficiently long time horizons can make structures of all kinds much more energy efficient, without imposing burdensome costs. In a similar way, transportation can become less energy intensive without restricting mobility.

And there is no odyssey to our own moon, much less the moons of Jupiter.

How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him?