Example sentences of "[be] less [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have generally been assumed to be massless , particularly as measurements of the electron-neutrino mass showed it to be less than a few ten thousandths that of the electron . |
| 2 | That would be less than a complete solution . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | When a sizeable body from space strikes a planet 's surface the impact speed will not be less than a few km/s . |
| 5 | In any other times , it can be less than a week . |
| 6 | the probability of flooding must be less than a specified level ; |
| 7 | Other price rises will be less than the rate of inflation . |
| 8 | The bid failed because the estate 's value was considered to be less than the ‘ knockdown price ’ of £10 million at which the Prince had persuaded Mr Kluge to offer it to the nation , with some assessments valuing the estate at between £2 and £7 million . |
| 9 | In practice the price obtained will be less than the generating cost , so as a business proposition it is a non-starter . |
| 10 | He reasoned that the Lord who was physically born of Mary , grew in wisdom , suffered dereliction and death , must be less than the unbegotten , impassible , deathless Father . |
| 11 | Their life expectancy may be less than the national average , and they may be more susceptible to illness and disease . |
| 12 | The length of the board should be greater than 3.60m unless the user is a slight lady or a child , in which case the length and volume can be less than the figures quoted above . |
| 13 | Once the tax-free payout is made , bonus payments would continue to be added and the amount paid out would never be less than the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit specified in the table opposite . |
| 14 | This total would never be less than the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | For effective filtering , the ripple frequency must be very much lower than the frequency at which the series inductance becomes troublesome , and ideally the ESR must be less than the ratio of the specified ripple voltage to the ripple current . |
| 17 | This royalty shall not be less than the royalty on sales of the unadapted Video |
| 18 | This royalty shall not be less than the royalty on sales of the unadapted Video |
| 19 | If now the liquid is brought into contact with the solid , so as to wet it , then the energy of the interface between the solid and the liquid will be less than the sum of surface energies of the two surfaces when they are in contact with air . |
| 20 | render underprivileged and powerless people more likely to be arrested , convicted , and sentenced to prison , even though the amount of personal damage and injury they cause may be less than the more powerful and privileged cause ; |
| 21 | Most homes now have some form of lost insulation , as a result of Government campaigns and gradually improving Building Regulations , but in many cases it will be less than the current minimum requirement for new homes , of a 100mm thick layer of glass fibre or a similar insulant . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | As in the civil sector , the gap in know-how may be less than the gap in the technological level of what is produced ; often a conscious decision is made to forego the most advanced option . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Then the differences proved to be less than the similarities , and the same is likely to emerge with care management , ’ he says . |
| 27 | The registered capital of the Kft may not be less than the whole issued capital of the company under conversion and simultaneously with the registration of the new Kft all shares must be cancelled . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ( The dynamical friction time varies inversely with the galaxy mass and must be less than the cosmological time . ) |
| 30 | These primordial black holes could be less than the size of the nucleus of an atom , yet their mass could be a billion tons , the mass of Mount Fuji . |