Example sentences of "less than a [noun sg] of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , he enjoyed less than a year of his retirement before he died in February 1973 . |
| 2 | She had worked hard to achieve qualification in the contracts and purchasing side of engineering , but , in her present job , she was using less than a quarter of her skills . |
| 3 | A recent survey of the plight of peasants by China 's Economic Daily showed that taxes and fees consumed less than a quarter of their average incomes , compared with the 35-40% Mrs Fu claims . |
| 4 | Indeed , a study in Hackney in 1990 of the work of mental health professionals working in a community team supporting people at home found that no less than a quarter of their working time was spent on working out welfare entitlements . |
| 5 | Similarly Norway claims that less than a quarter of its acid rain is home produced , the main culprit being the UK though this is disputed by the UK Central Electricity Generating Board . |
| 6 | This is nothing more or less than an abuse of your professional integrity . ’ |