1.   The company says this makes it less prone t o fractures.

2.   And, for the record, the opening production number made even less sense in person.

3.   Blaming Speaker Newt Gingrich, the Democrats implied that Republicans opposed the plan because it would speed investigations, like one involving him, and make them less partisan.

4.   A hike in U.S. interest rates makes it less likely the Bank of Canada will cut interest rates again and will decrease demand for Canadian exports.

5.   All the effort to make the car easier to drive makes it less a test of will.

6.   But a third stage would make it less accurate, U.S. officials say.

7.   But Warner Brothers is also part of Time Warner, which makes it less a rival.

8.   He is certain that an assistant would make him less productive, not more.

9.   If you make less animals adoptable then you should have a higher rate of adoption.

10.   In other markets, corn rose after the USDA said farmers have made less progress than previously thought planting the fields.