In addition, the European Parliament s detachment from national political debates means that it has less political legitimacy than is desirable.

There were, of course, some less desirable spillover effects on others.

Land costs could easily be as low as 20 per person, or less than 0.50 per year over a lifetime. Of course, such land may not be in desirable locations today, but desirable locations can be created by urban planning.

Loan guarantees from Germany and or the EU are less desirable than an IMF program, as it is very hard to design and credibly implement conditionality in such guarantees.

Of course, some government spending is desirable or necessary. But an increase in government outlays often means wasteful spending that produces less value than consumers would get from those same dollars.

(e) The upper and lower limits of each range would be based on a flexibility of 15 per cent upward and downward from the midpoint of the desirable range, but not less than 4.8 posts up and down, the upper limit of the range being not less than 14 posts

less than

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

Although the availability of indicators for country are less than desirable, we were surprised at the extent to which the MDG database did not accurately capture data that already exists at the country level.

In addition, where consistent application by all registry systems is desirable but less critical, recommended practices are to be developed.

Differentiating technology is what makes your business more desirable to your customer than your competitor's business.

Less Than or Equals Condition

Outside of this room, more than a third of us smile more than 20 times per day, whereas less than 14 percent of us smile less than five.

Desirable qualities

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

He earned less from cotton last year than the year before, and much less than he earned five years ago.

That is in less than 60 years.

It costs way less than obesity now.

The opening was less than it seemed.

(What could be less conservative than that?)

Some Indian critics are less than enthused.

There was less traffic than I anticipated.

In sub Saharan Africa, less than 40 of women deliver with skilled care in South Asia, the figure is less than 30 .

Serbia is offering Kosovo the formula less than independence, more than autonomy.

It is considered less risky because some of its assets are less risky than others.

NEW YORK More than half of Asia s population 1.8 billion people live on less than 2 a day more than 600 million of them try to survive on less than 1 a day.

He has no less than three hundred books.

The trial itself lasted less than an hour.

Less than a decade later, much has changed.

Taxes cover less than half of government spending.

Today, less than a quarter are located there.

Consumers pay significantly less than at traditional outlets.

They are usually small, less than , and herbivorous.

The entire attack lasted less than a minute.

Woe to those who give less than due ,

Indeed, France s manufacturing industry has shrunk to barely 9 of GDP, less than Britain s manufacturing share (10 ) and less than half of Germany s (20 ).

The US spends less in the public sector, but it taxes even less than it spends.

Amusing? Yes. Desirable? Maybe.

In the social democracies, less than 10 of children grow up in relative poverty (meaning households with less than half of the country s median income).

Less than 1 of the earth s land area is densely urbanized, and even in the most populated major countries, the share is less than 10 .

More than 40 of its population lives on less than a dollar a day.

This film has been watched more than 67,000 times in less than 10 days.

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

How can his successors know less than he did?

Those weaknesses are less financial or economic than political.