Example sentences of "in less [subord] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | For since fishermen require only trained aptitudes , and not any exceptional natural qualities , their number could be increased in less than a generation to almost any extent that was necessary to meet the demand ; while the industries connected with building boats , making nets , etc. being now on a larger scale would be organized more thoroughly and economically . |
2 | And in less than a year after that the Secretary of State may make it clear that our client group is radically changed and moved |
3 | It was the sort of distance that Olympic sprinters can cover in less than a minute on their lap of honour . |
4 | The actual distance covered will probably be no more than 2 feet , so it is necessary to respond in less than a quarter of a second in order to avoid being struck . |
5 | At the moment , automated workflow is used in less than a quarter of all electronic document management systems ; by 1995 it is projected to have jumped to over three quarters . |
6 | In practice they occurred in less than a quarter of the cases recorded by Amnesty International since 1985 . |
7 | It could be done in less than a week by men working with vigour , and mostly they did , for their own new lands looked to the forts for protection and warning . |
8 | But this Subject had n't lost him by accident : she had brushed him off within minutes in less than a quarter-mile of straight well-lit street . |