Example sentences of "[be] [det] than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since you 're more than a little accident prone at this time , exercise caution and be careful not to lead your owner into trouble . |
| 2 | The objective is to confirm that all response times are less than the agreed target , and that response times for identical processes are consistent . |
| 3 | These perceptions are more than a sad reflection of how little sex roles have changed : women seem to have much invested in keeping things the way they are , in seeing their partners as stronger and saner . |
| 4 | To parents whose present and future livelihoods depend on their children , those deaths are more than an emotional tragedy . |
| 5 | That would be less than a complete solution . |
| 6 | the probability of flooding must be less than a specified level ; |
| 7 | In order for an apparent consent or refusal of consent to be less than a true consent or refusal , there must be such a degree of external influence as to persuade the patient to depart from her own wishes , to an extent that the law regards it as undue . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | ( The dynamical friction time varies inversely with the galaxy mass and must be less than the cosmological time . ) |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Hence in the early years of the life of a fixed asset the taxable profit may be less than the reported profit before tax . |
| 20 | In practice the price obtained will be less than the generating cost , so as a business proposition it is a non-starter . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Their life expectancy may be less than the national average , and they may be more susceptible to illness and disease . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | From ( 8.18 ) above , this requires the futures price to be less than the expecked spot price . |
| 25 | But I 'm more than a big girl , she cried silently , gazing at her face , devoid now of any make-up . |
| 26 | Within his own country , he is not so much a Leviathan as a Gulliver figure hemmed in and tied down by a complex network of restraints that must be thrown off if he is to be more than a helpless giant in the White House . |
| 27 | But the declaration issued by the congress left no doubt that the decision was intended to be more than a mere facelift : ‘ The present concept of socialism , the Stalinist system , has exhausted all its social , economic , political and moral reserves , and has proved unsuitable for keeping pace with global developments . |
| 28 | Civilization had to be more than a mere confluence of economic interests : ‘ And until we set in order our own crazy economic and financial systems , to say nothing of our philosophy of life , can we be sure that our helping hands to the barbarian and the savage will be any more desirable than the embrace of the leper ? ’ |
| 29 | In practice , it proved to be more than a mere truce after two decades of mutual and unbridled hostility . |
| 30 | To be worth two murders in eight days , Ascot had to be more than a mere gambling scam . |