Example sentences of "[be] [det] than the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The objective is to confirm that all response times are less than the agreed target , and that response times for identical processes are consistent . |
| 2 | Alternatively , the rate of marine erosion at the base of the cliffs may be less than the general rate of subaerial denudation over the whole cliff . |
| 3 | Trolls must be organised into units of the same type , but the number of Trolls in a unit can be less than the normal minimum of five models . |
| 4 | A number of those on income support will find that the compensatory payments to cover their 20 per cent poll tax contribution will be less than the actual contribution they have to make . |
| 5 | The price at which a participant may acquire ordinary shares in the Company ( ‘ shares ’ ) on the exercise of an option shall be determined by the Directors but shall not be less than the middle market quotation of a share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the last dealing day before eligible employees are invited to apply for options ( or , if higher , the nominal value of a share ) , or , if certain specified conditions are satisfied , 85% of such figure ( ‘ Discounted Options ’ ) . |
| 6 | Since the long-run apc is the same for both samples , we would predict that the measured apc of the families with above-average measured incomes would be less than the measured apc of the families with below-average measured incomes . |
| 7 | Clearly , such resources will always be less than the total need for management development , so hard decisions about selective investment will continue to be required . |
| 8 | The total value of a player 's army may be less than the agreed value , and will often be a few points short simply because there is nothing left to spend the few remaining points on . |
| 9 | The total value of a player 's army may be less than the agreed value , and will often be a few points short simply because there is nothing left to spend the odd point on . |
| 10 | Recall that in a group of families with above-average measured incomes , Y > Y p — this means that the measured apc ( = C/ Y ) will necessarily be less than the long-run apc ( = C/ Y p ) . |
| 11 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 12 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 13 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 14 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 15 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 16 | ( The dynamical friction time varies inversely with the galaxy mass and must be less than the cosmological time . ) |
| 17 | So , to the extent that changes in Y t are due to such changes in v t rather than will appear to be unaffected by expected income as we measure it , and therefore we shall obtain an estimate of α 1 which will tend to be less than the true value of α : 1 . |
| 18 | Hence in the early years of the life of a fixed asset the taxable profit may be less than the reported profit before tax . |
| 19 | In practice the price obtained will be less than the generating cost , so as a business proposition it is a non-starter . |
| 20 | The marginal value of the last film would be less than the marginal value of the meals that could have been produced by transferring resources to the meals industry . |
| 21 | Their life expectancy may be less than the national average , and they may be more susceptible to illness and disease . |
| 22 | Example 4:3 Index-linked rent : upwards only YIELDING AND PAYING the annual sum of £ … ( " the basic rent " ) payable quarterly in advance on the 25th of March the 24th of June the 29th of September and the 25th of December in each year and in addition such sum payable on each of the above dates in advance ( " the index-linked rent " ) as bears the same proportion to one quarter of the basic rent as is borne by the figure shown in the General Index of Retail Prices ( " the index " ) for the month immediately preceding the months in which payment of any particular instalment of rent is due to the figure ( which is the figure shown in that index for the month of … ) minus one quarter of the basic rent PROVIDED THAT ( 1 ) if after the date of this lease the index is calculated by reference to a different base date or base figure then the index-linked rent shall be calculated as if that change had not taken place ( 2 ) if the index ceases to be published or if for any reason it becomes impossible or impracticable to calculate the index-linked rent then either the landlord or the tenant may by notice require the rent to be thenceforth reviewed at such times and in such manner as may be agreed between them or in default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall have regard to market practice prevailing at the time of such notice in relation to new lettings of property of the same type as the demised property ( 3 ) in no circumstances shall the total rent payable under this lease be less than the basic rent |
| 23 | From ( 8.18 ) above , this requires the futures price to be less than the expecked spot price . |
| 24 | But it will have to be more than the mysterious death used in the old , simple detective story . |
| 25 | Referring principally to those techniques of soil conservation developed by research stations and government institutions , many studies of the economics of soil conservation which focus on the private economic incentives for soil conservation , show that , although total benefits from a soil conservation scheme such as terracing may be more than the total cost , individual farmers usually lose income from these practices ( Harshbarger & Swanson 1964 , Holtman & Connor 1974 ) . |
| 26 | If ministerial responsibility were more than the mere shadow of a name , the matter would be less important , but as it is , the Courts are the only defence of the liberty of the subject against departmental aggression . |
| 27 | What all this shows is that a distinctively structuralist kind of criticism is possible , and moreover , that it is more than the simple application and refinement of the tools of poetics . |
| 28 | And it 's preferable to have a golf course rather than agricultural land which might be heavily dosed with chemicals six times a year , which is more than the average course . ’ |
| 29 | More crimes are committed with illustrated books , especially in certain categories , than with any others , owing to the operations of the ‘ breaker ’ , the dealer ( and sometimes , regrettably , the collector ) who will ruthlessly destroy a perfectly good book because the total value of the separate plates or maps , sold individually , is more than the intact volume would ordinarily be . |
| 30 | When a car drives slowly into her taxi , stationary at a traffic-clogged crossroads , it is more than the stupid accident it would be in London , New York or Sydney . |