1.   But in the context of the show they are also something less passive and more passionate than that.

2.   Developmentalists say our role is far less passive.

3.   If Lehrer had been less passive, he undoubtedly would have been attacked for that.

4.   The reader is a less passive participant than the celebrity idolator.

5.   The women in this production register much more strongly than the men, possibly because they are less passive.