Last week saw positive U.S.economic news, with increases in home sales and housing prices, a jump in manufacturing activity, a drop in new jobless claims, and a new growth figure showing the economy shrinking far less than had been anticipated.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

What they show was rats who went through the maze and went through the maze again and again, learned far less than rats who took time aside, chilled out a little bit after a maze, had more margarita.

他们的实验表明,接连不断反复进入迷宫的老鼠，比进行一次迷宫后，稍事放松，来点小酒的老鼠，学到的少得多。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Yeats is, in fact, a far less nostalgic thinker than either Eliot or Pound, at least as I understand them.

其实叶芝不如,艾略特或庞德那么怀旧，至少我是这么理解的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Critics say the money is being spent too slowly with less than sixty percent being spent so far.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

It said they were getting far less sleep than they should.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

Less than 1,000 American troops have died in Afghanistan - so far.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

It is far less,however, than what Mr.Gadhafi wanted.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06