Reports of violence and charges of fraud were less common than in the past.
Bilateral paralysis is much less common than unilateral paralysis of the vocal cords.
Heck, even on Star Trek using viewscreens was less common than using communicators.
Other kinds of vermin such as lice and scabies can get into the mattress as well, although they are less common than mite and bedbug problems.
Much less common than VS or MCS, patients in a locked-in state are totally aware of their environment but have minimal reflexive movements, typically only being able to blink their eyes.
Inflation-protected annuities are less common than fixed annuities, and also more expensive, but they offer an interesting way to guarantee a stream of income for life that is protected against the ravages of inflation.
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Her officials suggested the original reason for the switch was that such a "ranked list" was no longer as relevant in a society where the nuclear family is much less common than in the past.
"Side airbags aren't required yet, and unfortunately, they're less common on SUVs than on cars, " says Rader.
Proponents of this holographic principle believe that all of the complexities of reality contain far less information than common sense would suggest.
However, a study published in 2011 by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation suggests that "widespread" racist and anti-Muslim attitudes in Europe are no less common in Germany than in countries such as France, Italy or the Netherlands.
Guardians of Middle Earth has less depth than the common weal of lords management games.
No longer will we accept anything less than a common effort, made in good faith, to solve our toughest problems.
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The table lists companies whose total price (debt plus market value of common) is less than the estimated discounted value of reserves.
The two layers of taxation for public companies make common stocks a less than ideal investment medium for solar farms, unlike the private equity investments and LLCs used by large investors.
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Revolutionary at the time, RoundUp came to dominate the market because it was highly effective but broke down quickly, making it less toxic than other herbicides in common use.
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In fact what HDMI 1.4 means to 3D is simply that a device is capable of outputting specific 3D formats (all common 3D formats used less bandwidth than 1080p60 2D).
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Debt amounts to less than 2% of common equity at Mid Atlantic Medical Services (nyse: MME - news - people), a managed health care operator which also offers insurance services to the Mid-Atlantic region.
And I think it has to do with a tone that I take that says that, you know, what divides us is less significant than what we have in common.
They are designed to cause less side effects in patients than the more common non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS).
Separated in places by less than 40km (25 miles), Nunavut and Greenland have far more in common with each other than with Ottawa or Copenhagen, their respective capitals.
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States with more guns suffer more than states in which guns are less common.
It was more common to experience about 5 Mbps download and less than 2 Mbps upload (still speedy).
Brenner replied that there are several studies of the exposure following Fukushima that show the local population received low doses that amount to less risk, for the individual, than other hazards common in life.
Anammox bacteria transform ammonia to nitrogen in fewer steps than more common bacteria, and require much less oxygen, and therefore energy, to do so.
But something tells me that, nowadays, Constitutional interpretation is much less of a common-sense slam dunk for the average American than the simple conceptual problems stuffed into that trillion-dollar coin.
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However, delinquency is substantially more common among those more deeply underwater than those in less negative equity: only 5.5% of mortgage holders between 0 and 20 percent underwater are delinquent on payments, as compared to 16% of mortgage holders who are greater than 100 percent underwater (see Figure 3).
Even if migration of hydraulic fracturing fluids into water aquifers were possible, hydraulic fracturing fluids are typically 90% water, 9% sand, and less than 1% other compounds, many of which are common household products that appear in foods anyway.
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Its makers, Rethink Robotics, say it can apply common sense, adapt to its environment and be trained in less than 30 minutes to complete specific tasks, by workers without robotic expertise.
There was no sense of common purpose in a group that had grown and diversified significantly in less than two decades.
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