Examples of 'had been less' in a sentence
Meaning of "had been less"
had been less: This phrase usually indicates a reduction or decrease in a specific quality, quantity, or intensity compared to a previous state or expectation
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had been less
It had been less than one thousand before.
If only they had been less kind.
If he had been less deeply interested in the accomplishment of.
Even the savage blacks had been less harsh to her than he.
It had been less than a week since.
I just wish it had been less confusing.
There had been less substantial economic development and change in.
It was hard to believe it had been less than a year since my debut.
If he had been less intelligent or more arrogant he might not have survived.
Tom might have eaten the stew if it had been less salty.
My day had been less productive than usual.
I could wish the times in which he lived had been less troubled.
Except it had been less than simple.
They would have been better appreciated if they had been less praised.
It had been less than two weeks.
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She would have been a lot more happy if you had been less pure.
That if she had been less beautiful.
The blatant lie would have been funny if the situation had been less tense.
Lunch had been less than two hours earlier.
He tried not to think too hard about those who had been less fortunate.
The touch had been less erotic than electric.
On the Continent the march of civilization had been less complex and complete.
Then the talk had been less of me anecdotes of their owners.
The efforts to seek contacts with the other Division had been less successful.
With her help he had been less and less stressed.
What begins with a laudable intention, if the treatment had been less melodramatic.
The natives had been less troublesome lately than for some time.
The beginnings in Dakar had been less auspicious.
This trend had been less clear for secondary compounds and wet deposition.
If the Democrats had been less united.
If you had been less fool you would have not been fired from the orchestra.
In the German exams this had been less and less the case.
He had been less than a year in Java.
Developments in the United States had been less than spectacular.
Maybe if she had been less bilious she would have seemed more authentic to me.
And I suppose I wish that miscarriage had been less of a taboo subject.
The report had been less than forthcoming with regard to dissemination of the Convention.
Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals had been less than impressive.
Yet one Royal had been less than happy at the news.
In education and agriculture, policies had been less successful.
Her platelet levels had been less and deteriorating since December.
But how it 's related to language skills and movement and coordination had been less clear.
The Romanian regime had been less undermined by growing economic links with the West.
Larch felt that the boy's physical or athletic development had been less certain.
There had been less than three inches of rain between July and October that year.
Overwhelmed by the situation, he admitted he had been less attentive to his daughter 's needs.
The area had been less developed and less densely populated than the French section.
On average, therefore, the improvement had been less than one per cent per year.
It had been less than a month since D-Day.
The experience with national execution had been less than positive, given the lack of capacity.
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Then we knew we had the wrong guy
We had so much fun up on the mountain today
