Example sentences of "less than [art] [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the rent under the sublease is made to increase at the same rate as the rent under the headlease , and the rent under the headlease is less than a market rent at the date of grant of the sublease , the rent under the sublease may well exceed the true market rent after the first rent review . |
| 2 | No Mills and Boon title has less than a print run of almost 100,000 , a figure that makes most bestseller lists look like chickenfeed . |
| 3 | There was , for example , a 6.2% swing to the Conservatives in Labour controlled councils with less than a 10% increase in household bills , but in fact just one council , Harlow in Essex , falls into that category . |
| 4 | Botham went for 81 , but with less than an hour left of the fourth day Lamb accepted an offer of bad light , which most people thought was a mistake . |
| 5 | The dorsal most or second dorsal most arm spines are the longest about 1½ arm segments long , the ventral ones usually less than an arm segment in length . |
| 6 | The dorsal or second dorsalmost spines is the longest , up to 2 arm segments in length , the ventral arm spines are short often less than an arm segment in length . |
| 7 | A subfamily of the Ophiuridae characterised by the disk usually covered by plates sometimes with thickened skin ; radial shield usually conspicuous ; arm combs sometimes present ; one to many apical papillae flanked by a continuous series of oral papillae ; second oral tentacle pore opening outside the mouth slit or opening outside but entering the mouth slit via a furrow ; oral shield variable in shape and size ; arms varying size ; arm spines usually less than an arm segment in length and usually appressed . |
| 8 | With respect to Fig. 9–12(b) he argues that , if the indifference curves shown related to ineligibles , then the utility gain from attempting to consume this good would be less than the utility gain from falsely claiming a cash transfer . |
| 9 | The overall trade deficit for 1989 showed a marked improvement at $108,600 million , $10,000 million less than 1988 and $44,000 million less than the peak year of 1987 . |
| 10 | That 's less than the company subsidy for the North Harbour cafeteria , running around £900 per employee in 1990 . |
| 11 | The devaluation of the inti for the month of October was restricted to 6 per cent overall ; exporters were to receive 10 per cent of the value of their exports in foreign currency and 45 per cent in freely redeemable US dollar certificates , while the remaining 45 per cent would be paid in intis at the single exchange market rate ; import restrictions were eased ; to protect the silver sector against the continuing slump in prices since 1989 on the world market , the Central Reserve Bank was to buy silver at 5 per cent over the current market price ; fuel prices would rise by only 5 per cent in October , and public utility rates by less than the percentage rise in salaries , which themselves would be increased in accordance with inflation . |
| 12 | An alternative scheme for a ‘ brown-field site , costing £16 million — £9 million less than the capital cost for the favoured project — has been lightly dismissed . |
| 13 | The contract ensures that if you decide to cash in after five years in April 1997 , you will not get less than the unit price on offer in April 1996 . |
| 14 | If the demand price is greater than the supply price for amounts just less than the equilibrium amount , it is sure to be less than the supply price for amounts just greater : and therefore , if the scale of production is somewhat increased beyond the equilibrium position , it will tend to return ; and the equilibrium will be stable for displacements in that direction also . |
| 15 | Although the detent torque is less than the motor torque with one or more windings fully excited , it can be a useful feature in applications where the rotor position must be preserved during a power failure . |
| 16 | In his eyes I amount to nothing , much , much less than the sum total of him . |
| 17 | Static or declining firms are likely to be valued at less than the book value of their assets , while rapidly growing firms can be priced at many times the book value of their assets , reflecting the fact that growth adds value to the initial investment outlay . |
| 18 | While it is now thought that they are interested in offloading part or all of this holding , it seems that they are not prepared to sell for less than the purchasing price of £1.20 . |
| 19 | The two-layer structure will be stable only if the density of the cool , clear upper layer is less than the bulk density of the sedimenting lower layer . |