It would be a form of injustice if we ended up trying lesser figures while the bigger ones escaped.

A sign of his accessibility is the range of other artists he can call to mind, lesser and lighter figures among them.

Yet the complexity of these characters is only hinted at; other, lesser figures actually get more stage time.

Bashar, thirty-four when he became President, was said to be a lesser figure than either of them.

Whether this makes Jefferson a lesser figure remains debatable.

A lesser figure was worked out in recent weeks, those people said.

A lesser figure as far as novel sales, but still important to the overall industry is the literary celebrity.

I could not consider a lesser figure than a quarter.

But, he added, even if the additional cost of the players' proposals were "only $200 million or some vastly lesser figure, it doesn't matter.

Many of the lesser figures in this book are particularly appealing.