lesser quantity

collocation in English

meaningsoflesserandquantity

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lesser
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈles.ər/us
/ˈles.ɚ/
used to describe something that is not as great in size, amount, or importance as ...
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quantity
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/us
/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
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(Definition oflesserandquantityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The female was at least fifty years old, and also wore shell jewelry, but inlesserquantitythan the principal personage.
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The ileum absorbs alesserquantityof three to five litres.
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It accelerates soil warming and water evaporation in spring because of thelesserquantityof residues on the soil surface.
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The web newscast was also part of their advocacy to uselesserquantityof paper.
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Chemists find this is the most powerful contributor to saffron's fragrance, despite its presence in alesserquantitythan safranal.
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Similarly, eating alesserquantityof sugar in one sitting does not decrease the time of demineralization.
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The remaining 38 percent of the men displayed alesserquantityof chest hair.
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The transformity of energy becomes degraded, dispersed, and diminished from higher quality tolesserquantityas the energy within a food chain flows from one trophic species into another.
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They buy their coals by hundredweights, quarter hundredweights, and even in lesser quantities.
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In some cases there are increased prices for lesser quantities.
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Hazardous cargoes in solid bulk form are carried in lesser quantities.
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As it does so, it often picks up mineral deposits, principally iron, but sometimes lesser quantities of manganese and aluminium.
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Most of these commodities were still being produced in 2005, although in lesser quantities.
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Trade volumes reduced greatly, though not catastrophically, and resources were available in lesser quantities.
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As with other members of the genus, food consists mainly of small fishes with lesser quantities of shrimp and squid.
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Surrounding farms mainly produce wheat, barley, canola and wool, while lesser quantities of lupins, oats, alfalfa and other crops are also grown.
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However, they were sold in much lesser quantities.
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Oil also has been found in lesser quantities, but sufficient (with recent high oil prices) to be commercially viable.
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It also eats berries and fruits in lesser quantities.
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