Modifying Another Word

• no: Back in the 18th century, Cadiz had no less than 160 towers to watch over its harbors.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• expect: I wouldn't expect anything less than a full refund, and a real effort to find a replacement photographer.

Modifies a noun

• hassle: Plus, it is much less hassle, " he says.

• chance: When share prices tumble they have less chance of bagging the values they want from the City.

• attention: The Empress Josephine, for instance, planted a collection of roses when Napoleon began paying her less attention.

• money: Which means those of you missing some of these great albums can fill the obvious hole in your record collection for less money.

• energy: Below are our top tips to help you to use less energy in your home.

• time: There was much less time or opportunity available to discuss such matters with students.

Used with adjective complement

• earn: The average pay for support staff is around £ 13,000 per year but 20 % earn less than £ 10,000.

• pay: This new transparency revealed that women were being illegally paid less than men.

• cost: Fuel cost less than £ 150 for the whole journey.

• eat: Top 10 easy ways to cut calories There are two ways to lose weight burn more calories or eat less of them.

• suffer: Again, this is probably owing to your relaxed mind suffering less from the intrusive thoughts of a fully conscious mind.

• contain: Remember, a pile containing less than 16 cubes represents an underweight loaf.

Preposition: than

• %: The overall cure rate for advanced mouth cancer is less than 50 %.

• minute: The Railroad Station is less than 10 minutes walk to the College.

• mile: He gets smaller and smaller and finally disappears from sight, all in less than 22 miles!

• hour: I had less than 24 hours to learn the songs.

• month: This café has grown from nothing to a busy site in less than 12 months.

• meter: I first saw the fin flopping from side to side in about one meter of water less than 4 meters from the shore.