Example sentences of "is less [subord] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Santorini is less than a couple of miles from where you 're sitting . |
2 | That fee is less than a quarter of the £300,000 Bassett paid Arsenal nearly two years ago , yet there are still no takers . |
3 | If anyone is less than a metre behind you , you lose a point ; if you are less than a metre behind anyone else , you gain a point . " |
4 | Johanna 's home is less than a mile from the spot where her body was found . |
5 | An incident room staffed by 30 officers working full time on the case is being run at Martlesham police headquarters , which is less than a mile from the scene of crime . |
6 | Indeed , the current legal minimum allowance of 450 square centimetres per bird gives the bird a space which is less than a page of this magazine . |