Example sentences of "less than a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of foreign soldiers who may be sent to watch over them — probably less than a battalion per enclave , except in the Sarajevo area — is not enough to stop even a half-serious attack . |
| 2 | During the breeding season , a male will establish a territory of less than a metre in diameter in a stream , and aggressively repel all intruders . |
| 3 | At just £5.99 the Blitzer costs less than a can of airbrush propellant ! |
| 4 | Boy George , though , was nothing less than a man in drag , a gender-bender who flounced his sexuality in the faces of outrages tabloids and ecstatic teenage girls . |
| 5 | Government bonds with less than a year to maturity . |
| 6 | A serious crisis erupted within the Janata Dal party ( the main component of the ruling National Front coalition ) in mid-July , and came close to destroying India 's coalition government after less than a year in power . |
| 7 | Welcome back : After less than a year in football management , Swindon Town boss Glenn Hoddle has been chosen to take charge of a Football League team for a top match in Italy . |
| 8 | Less than a year from launch , the Bugatti 110 is slowly emerging from the shadows . |
| 9 | Issuing from the loch is the River Arkaig , crossing a narrow strip of land and less than a mile in length before entering Loch Lochy . |
| 10 | Nagaland 's United Legislature Front ( ULF ) government led by K. L. Chisi collapsed on June 13 after less than a month in office [ see p. 37452 for formation of ULF government from a coalition of Congress ( I ) defectors and the Nagaland People 's Council — NPC ] . |
| 11 | In the extreme case , a consumer who bought a one-bar electric fire for thirty shillings and paid less than a penny per hour for the electricity at peak time , imposed costs on the Electricity Boards of at least £60 for the kW of power station capacity needed to meet the demand . |
| 12 | I S O Nine Thousand is nothing more , nothing less than a list of management activities that need more attention . |
| 13 | A baby girl who was born sixteen weeks premature and weighed less than a bag of sugar has celebrated her first birthday . |
| 14 | 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 . |