Example sentences of "less [subord] a [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In European countries with industry-wide or regional agreements it is not uncommon for a union to represent less than a majority of workers within any given enterprise . ) |
| 2 | At just £5.99 the Blitzer costs less than a can of airbrush propellant ! |
| 3 | The gestation period from first inquiry to first completed shipment is rarely less than a couple of years . |
| 4 | Santorini is less than a couple of miles from where you 're sitting . |
| 5 | Less than a quarter of contests ever reach the final , antler pushing stage , and even then the deer stag only pushes its opponent 's antlers rather than trying to spike his softer flanks ; antlers could perhaps be used more dangerously than they are . |
| 6 | Less than a quarter of Oxfordshire teachers believe that any important matters have been omitted from their report . |
| 7 | In early studies it was called the residual — as such , it had more direct meaning , being no more nor less than a bundle of factors which can not be quantified individually . |
| 8 | I S O Nine Thousand is nothing more , nothing less than a list of management activities that need more attention . |
| 9 | But victory ran true to racing 's adage ‘ there 's nothing like experience ’ because the winner was ridden by Pat Leech , who has ridden more than 150 winners , while the two market leaders were partnered by riders with less than a handful of winners between them . |
| 10 | The other has no chequebook facilities , but provided the balance is not less than a minimum of £10,000 , interest will be paid on the full amount . |
| 11 | A round of bullets costs less than a packet of cigarettes . |
| 12 | A baby girl who was born sixteen weeks premature and weighed less than a bag of sugar has celebrated her first birthday . |
| 13 | Nor did it escape the notice of other critics of the Association that a handbill , lengthily entitled " A Dialogue between Tom and Harry on the Duties of Seamen and the Just and Equitable Rewards for their Services " , was in practice nothing more or less than a statement of union policy on bargaining with shipowners and published in this form only to avoid the appearance that the Standard was more than an innocent friendly society . |