Example sentences of "by [det] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the mid 1970s an IPM survey showed that even the most popular tests were used by fewer than 10 per cent of companies . |
| 2 | For instance , between 1972 and 1982 I caught 35392 hoverflies of 89 species in the Malaise trap , but seven species accounted for more than two-thirds of the catch and 35 species were each represented by fewer than 10 individuals . |
| 3 | However , it quickly emerged that this declaration was backed by fewer than a quarter of the Platform delegates at the congress . |
| 4 | ‘ Denbighshire can afford to lose by fewer than four wickets and still pip us on the calculation of wickets lost where the points are equal , ’ explained manager Jones , of Buckley . |
| 5 | So the strike , which has reduced total coal output by less than a third , will reduce all energy supplies by only 6% . |
| 6 | Advertising revenue fell by less than 1 p.c. to £88.2m , and the 23 p.c. fall in pre-tax profits to £8.62m was more than accounted for by a £1.6m rise in its Channel 4 subscription and by £2.36m of exceptional staff cutting costs . |
| 7 | Many Rottweilers have been encouraged forward at an early age by less than proficient trainers , who then find that the dog 's defensive instinct matures , they are powerless to control the fruit of their labour . |
| 8 | Investigations show that replacing arable land with woodland would probably reduce the amount of nitrate leached to groundwater , but perhaps by less than was expected , since natural forest processes themselves release nitrate into the ground . |
| 9 | Replacing arable land with woodland would thus probably reduce the amount of nitrate leached to groundwater , but perhaps by less than was expected . |
| 10 | Dr Devious had finished twelve lengths behind St Jovite in the Irish Derby and they were separated by less than a nostril yesterday . |
| 11 | If we take the attribute which employers most often saw as ‘ essential ’ , willingness/attitude to work ( mentioned by 81 per cent ) , we see that the MSC 's poor rating of — 32 in fact reflects a negative judgement by less than half of employers ( 53 per cent said that young workers are different in this respect and 43 per cent of those said they were worse ) . |
| 12 | Sales by 1948 were almost double those of ten years earlier , though the installed capacity of power stations had been increased by less than half of this . |
| 13 | Even if a moderately large number ( N ) of individuals is used , mutations are likely to be fixed by chance if they reduce fitness by less than s1/N . |
| 14 | Over the decade from 1960 to 1970 the rate of all offences committed by females in this age group doubled , while the comparable male rate increased by less than a half . |
| 15 | First births declined by less than average — 26 per cent , while second births fell least of all , just 19 per cent . |
| 16 | In Oscar Chinn Judge Schucking thought that parties to a treaty which had placed restrictions upon conflicting treaties concluded by less than the full complement of parties to the former treaty , could regard as invalid a subsequent treaty concluded by a minority to the first treaty . |
| 17 | Tolerance was voiced by less than a sixth of male interviewees and less than a tenth of the female . |
| 18 | But suddenly , around one minute into the round , the Champ drops his gloves to his sides , exposing his chin , and when his opponent tries to reach it with punches , he pulls his head back and away , just like the Ali we remember , causing the kid to miss by less than an inch . |
| 19 | During the decade 1965–75 , industrial production in Britain increased by less than half the level achieved in the previous decade 1955–65 , i.e. a rise of 17 per cent , compared with 35 per cent . |
| 20 | For about half of the innovations in the sample , patents delayed imitation by less than a few months . |
| 21 | However , despite the extension of ICA to working-age married women in 1986 following a successful appeal to the European Court , ICA is still received by less than one-tenth of all carers who are providing thirty-five hours ' help a week ( McLaughlin , 1991 , p. 2 ) . |
| 22 | Energy flashed past Ardamal in a long arc of fire , blistering the side of the shaft , missing his face by less than half a metre . |
| 23 | Note that even without the exact position of the original markers being known , the line from Bishops Cannings church through the WKLB and the centres varies by less than of a degree . |
| 24 | The units had been used by only half the boards surveyed , area sessions had been attended by less than one-third . |
| 25 | The devaluation of the inti for the month of October was restricted to 6 per cent overall ; exporters were to receive 10 per cent of the value of their exports in foreign currency and 45 per cent in freely redeemable US dollar certificates , while the remaining 45 per cent would be paid in intis at the single exchange market rate ; import restrictions were eased ; to protect the silver sector against the continuing slump in prices since 1989 on the world market , the Central Reserve Bank was to buy silver at 5 per cent over the current market price ; fuel prices would rise by only 5 per cent in October , and public utility rates by less than the percentage rise in salaries , which themselves would be increased in accordance with inflation . |
| 26 | If yields rise the price of B falls by less than the price of A , while if yields fall the price of B rises by more than that of A. High convexity is therefore a desirable property for bonds to have . |
| 27 | However , in the event of a 1 per cent fall in the market rate , the return of the security is expected to decrease by less than 1 per cent . |
| 28 | Levy 's study concluded that including 5 per cent biofuel in all French fuel could cost £800 million a year , while reducing production of greenhouse gases by less than 1 per cent . |
| 29 | The researchers found that levels of ultraviolet radiation doubled on certain days in September and October 1992 , but by only 9 per cent in the whole of September , the worst month , and by less than 1 per cent for the year as a whole . |
| 30 | Murray 's Just Jeremy , on which she led the dressage section from Thomson by less than half a point , has only recently returned to competition following a lengthy lay-off after an operation to cure a breathing problem . |