Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] than [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.

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1 Similar measures have been proposed for diplomas awarded after less than three years ' training .
2 President Mitterrand 's government ( which has still to finalise its IT plans after more than 18 months ' deliberation ) will , so it says , build on French strengths and remedy the weaknesses .
3 In 1678 , after more than 5 years ' detention on the barren rock , he was tried in Edinburgh and , with 60 other Covenanters , was sentenced to be banished to Virginia for the remainder of his life .
4 After more than 30 years ' work at Wharram Percy , it is possible to give a general account of what happened on the site , and , in view of the detailed work there , this may have implications for studies elsewhere .
5 The company says it will be running some time this year , after more than three years ' work .
6 Studies published in the late sixties reported that asthmatic women were more likely to have babies of less than 37 weeks ' gestation than non-asthmatic women .
7 They showed a reduction in incidence of such haemorrhages in vaginally delivered infants of less than 35 weeks ' gestation with a one minute delay in cord clamping .
8 17 patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus of more than five years ' duration who had reported altered hypoglycaemia awareness within three months of transferring to human insulin .
9 Deformities of the cervical spine are seen most often in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of more than 10 years ' duration .
10 ( 5 ) Directors ' service agreements of more than 12 months ' duration are open for inspection by any shareholder under CA 1985 , s318 .
11 One of the most vocal critics of reorganization , an officer of more than 20 years ' standing , deplored what seemed to him to be an essential transformation in pollution control work .
12 A group of more than 30 travellers ' caravans have now set up on a roadside site a mile from the village at Crew crossroads .
13 The Fledgling Award , worth £4,000 , went to Meteor of Cookstown for a business with less than three years ' trading and outstanding prospects .
14 First , all new entrants to full-time further education who have not had pre-service training and with less than three years ' teaching experience should take a systematic induction training course .
15 This was not done for players with less than ten years ' service and a longer period was usually required .
16 e ) are the only benefits payable under the Scheme in the case of an officer who leaves the Service with less than 2 years ' reckonable service .
17 Two infant and three junior classes cater for children from five to eleven although no class contains children with more than two years ' difference in their ages .
18 First , current asset investments cash flows have been merged with cash and cash equivalents , whereas the FRS requires those acquired with more than three months ' maturity to be reported in the Investing section of the cash flow statement .
19 Besides , say the Liberal Club 's supporters , Civic Forum has a responsibility to carry out its programme and must continue to function until the next general election , in less than two years ' time .
20 Maybe , she thought with an acrobatic leap of logic , this was by way of telling her that she should start acclimatising herself to her old way of life , because that was where she would be in less than two days ' time .
21 In less than six hours ' time — and there it would still be night — he would be attempting to scale the steel wall , trying not to get crushed against it .
22 With a little practice you should be able to brew 40 pints of good cheap beer in less than three hours ' work .
23 The archdeacon — again a helpful and hospitable man with a great knowledge gleaned from more than thirty years ' experience of the paranormal — has written two books on his subject , Psychic Studies — A Christian View and Deliverance .
24 Changes from year to year in the number of people in each age group create difficulties for planning , especially as birth rates are notoriously difficult to predict ; estimating what the school population will be in more than five years ' time becomes increasingly speculative and uncertain .
25 The draftsman can prevent this risk from arising by ensuring that the tenant 's break clause must be exercised by more than twelve months ' notice .
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