Less up against, bulk

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Hi,"Our company is less up against the big names than creating bikes that embody the DIY spirit." I came across this sentence today and even though I understand the meaning 'up against', I'm slightly confused as to what role it plays in this sentence. Does it mean that competition isn't a problem for them or that they don't care about it?"When I was in my first year in law school, history occupied most of the bulk of my workload." Does this sentence sound natural? (I had to study the history of law a lot during my first months at the university.)Thank you.

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"Our company is less up against the big names than creating bikes that embody the DIY spirit." I came across this sentence today and even though I understand the meaning 'up against', I'm slightly confused as to what role it plays in this sentence. Does it mean that competition isn't a problem for them or that they don't care about it? Yes. I looked up th context, and tat makes it clearer.

"When I was in my first year in law school, legal history occupied most of the bulk of my workload." Does this sentence sound natural? (I had to study the history of law a lot during my first months at the university.)

Yes, but say either most of my workload or the bulk of my workload. Don't say both.

I'd add the word 'legal', as shown above.

Clive

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Ann225"Our company is less up against the big names than creating bikes that embody the DIY spirit." I came across this sentence today and even though I understand the meaning 'up against', I'm slightly confused as to what role it plays in this sentence. Does it mean that competition isn't a problem for them or that they don't care about it?

A small company has to defy the large companies or at least provide something they overlook at the fringes. They are saying that their primary motivation is not dictated by that marketing reality but by a desire to create "bikes that embody" some spirit or other that their marketing department told them it would be good to say their bikes embody.

Ann225"When I was in my first year in law school, history occupied most of the bulk of my workload." Does this sentence sound natural? (I had to study the history of law a lot during my first months at the university.)

"Most of" and "bulk" are redundant together. Also, I would say "year of", and I'm not sure anything can occupy any part of a workload. Maybe "When I was in my first year of law school, history constituted the bulk of my workload."

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