Example sentences of "less [subord] [adj] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Directly to his left the flint walls of Martyr 's Cottage glistened like marbles in the afternoon sun and less than half a mile to the north , set back among the Californian pines which fringed that part of the coast , was the dull square cottage rented by Hilary Robarts , a neatly proportional suburban villa incongruously set down on this bleak headland and facing inland as if resolutely ignoring the sea . |
| 2 | Carson 's place was only a couple of miles away , in a vastly overpriced and overcrowded strip along less than half a mile of the river east from Kew Bridge . |
| 3 | But less than half a mile from his home in Witney , Oxfordshire , 42-year-old Mr Adams was knocked off his bike and run over by a van . |
| 4 | Less than half a mile from last year 's troublespot there 's a nature lesson for the Blackbird Leys adventure playground group . |
| 5 | Sealdah is less than half a mile from the Bowbazaar district , where a cache of explosives blew up on Wednesday , killing at least 66 people . |
| 6 | The plants are often preserved as dark markings on shales , and were less than half a metre in length . |
| 7 | The clock has been timed to a consistent gain of less than half a minute per week during several months of sustained testing . |
| 8 | This will be by helicopter and Hercules aircraft , taking less than half a day for the majority of the fighting troops . |