It is certainly less clear than the previous story, which cannot be retold.

He cannot speak English, much less German.

We cannot afford to settle for less.

Recently, no less than William F Buckley has argued that nicotine addiction cannot be dismissed as free choice.

If these grievances cannot be addressed through legitimate means, they will find other far less healthy outlets over time.

We are not going to change human nature. We cannot make investors less greedy.

But Europe cannot build up its own agriculture to the detriment of the less fortunate.

That today s global financial meltdown is the direct consequence of the West s worship of false gods is a proposition that cannot be discussed, much less acknowledged.

In short, many investors are nervous because China s future growth story is unclear to them. It is certainly less clear than the previous story, which cannot be retold.

Distressed economies cannot afford to pay more than 350 to avoid each ton of CO2, which could be cut on the European market for about 50 times less.

Try as you might, but you cannot force a belief onto someone else, much less your own self.

There would be more democracy, less oppression more freedom, less terrorism more growth, less poverty.

But, whereas most democracies are less prone than the French Republic is to impose national values on their citizens, the law cannot be totally divorced from shared values either.

For a president bent on implementing reforms, less can be more less aggressiveness and less ego.

Third, diplomacy cannot survive, much less thrive, amidst a deterioration of the day to day circumstances on the ground.

The relevant institutions cannot be built quickly and cannot be imported, ready made, from abroad.

Provides cannot be broken

You cannot be serious.

Women cannot be pastors

That cannot be overlooked.

That cannot be tolerated.

Indifference cannot be countenanced.

Men cannot be employed when the object of desire i.e., money is something which cannot be produced and the demand for which cannot readily be choked off.

That which is crooked cannot be made straight and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Such a process, however, cannot go on forever, because with each increase in size, the IMF s board becomes less effective.

According to article 108 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, placing somebody under arrest is an ultimate measure of restraint, which should be resorted to solely if other, less severe measures cannot be applied.

The operation cannot be performed.

Package dependencies cannot be resolved

The fact cannot be denied.

Economists cannot be so sanguine.

This cannot be accomplished overnight.

Historical change cannot be undone.

Women cannot be too smart

Women cannot be color blind

It cannot be completely cured.

Album name cannot be empty.

Tag name cannot be empty

These measures cannot be sustained.

Multilateralism may have to be less comprehensive and less formal, at least initially.

The threat they pose may be less dramatic, but it is no less pernicious.

Household consumption only accounted for 34 of GDP and total consumption is less than 50 of GDP in 2007. That weakness, however, is institutional and cannot be easily corrected in the short run.

Obama cannot be faulted for trying.

Task cannot be monitored or controlled

Unintended consequences cannot always be prevented.

These wounds cannot be instantly healed.