The efforts of Portugal have been mainly but not exclusively directed towards the least developed countries, and sub Saharan Africa in particular.

At the same time, technical assistance was being provided in numerous countries to improve their electoral processes work that is less visible but no less important.

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

But the reality is less re assuring.

But, while the rejection of humanitarian military intervention had an element of tragedy in that case, Germany s behavior today is pure farce.

Iran s support for the regime is nothing less than a war crime.

The future looks far less rosy.

But not the dollar.

Denmark and Sweden In Denmark the yellow ribbon has become the more or less official (though not directly officially endorsed by the countries' armed forces) symbol for support of troops in missions.

But Friedman also produced a less felicitous legacy.

But the international reaction was less expected.

But fun is not enough.

But education is not enough.

But not completely.

But that is not enough.

This is no small challenge, but there is no viable alternative.

Ray Hartley, posting on The Times, South Africa, blog adds

Government spending is no less subject to diminishing returns than anything else.

Of course, climate science is not precise instead, it works in terms of probability ranges. But uncertain estimates do not mean that the risk is any less acute.

Less than a decade later, much has changed.

The unorthodox techniques, however, are less nimble and more opaque.

The way is not for the coward but for the hero.

But this is not always true.

But this is not 2008.

But Humala is hardly a saint.

But today is not that day.

But it is not crucial.

And that's not all!

But, that would not work at all.

Drawn just right, still not funny enough.

But there is no automaticity as to the start of talks.

So using my arch nemesis, Spanish, no less, to learn tango.

The explanation is not that the bankers were less well organized in the 1930 s.

So the message he was giving us was you must get more from less and less and less so that you can share it for more and more people, not only the current generation, but the future generations.

The common currency s strength reflects problems elsewhere in the world, but a euro exchange rate that would enable the return of confidence and growth is no less elusive for that.

less choice, but we enable more and richer social interactions.

And government spending is as good as anybody else s.

Basically you believe in complexity, but not in ambiguity.

But it is not nice to bring them to our homes.

I am a student, but he isn't.

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Not he is my son but I am his father .

But this is not a time for defeatism.

But having a vision is not the same as implementing it.

But it is still not impossible.