Example sentences of "[to-vb] less than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are to study the genetics of quantitative characters we should aim to know less than the exact genotype responsible for each phenotype . |
| 2 | If Howard Wilkinson is prepared to accept less than the £2 million he paid Arsenal during the summer , Clough is keen to do business . |
| 3 | With Puffed Wheat an ounce would actually overflow in many bowls , so people tend to serve less than an ounce . |
| 4 | I 'm going to bring in some illuminated medieval books for you to have a look at , because what you 're going to do is to write this out in best on special paper using illuminated letters and if you 're very good we will try to get them laminated so that we can keep them as an example of what year seven students can produce as their best work , to say to everybody , hey look at this , this is very good , now we ca n't do that if I give you a sheet of A four paper and you manage to fill less than a quarter of that space , so you 're going to need a minimum of ten different things that you would like to say you think are important , you believe are important , you believe they 're valuable and your homework over the next week is to finish that list if you want it to rhyme , well yes you can work on it to make it rhyme , if you want to have what we call rhyming couplet , er just one moment I have n't said clear away . |
| 5 | The example of an infant 's fear of strangers shows , as we move from the detailed anatomy of behaviour to the rich , ambiguous concepts we use to make sense of everyday social intercourse , that the particular acts referred to matter less than the way they are organised , just as our interest in houses , rarely focuses on mud or wood or bricks . |
| 6 | ( In European countries with industry-wide or regional agreements it is not uncommon for a union to represent less than a majority of workers within any given enterprise . ) |
| 7 | He was going to have less than a sensational report to make to his captain , Van Gelder reflected . |
| 8 | The old arc contrasted with the young in a number of ways , for example in their attachment to tradition , access to opportunities , churchgoing or even self-control ( the young are presumed to have less than the old ) . |
| 9 | Television dollars have in the past paid for the rising salaries but today 's bidders seem determined to pay less than the $1.45 billion CBS and ESPN bid in winning the current four-year deal for network and cable rights . |
| 10 | Workers in Northumberland are among the poorest paid and twice as likely to earn less than the average for workers throughout the European Community according to a survey by the Northern Region Low Pay Unit . |
| 11 | The entire process was to take less than a month . |