Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] [det] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , with projected costs approaching $100 million ( £71.4 million ) and the Massachusetts budget seriously overburdened , Republican governor William F. Weld is not prepared to gamble on less than a sure bet . |
| 2 | It was due to open in less than a week . |
| 3 | Such excellence sometimes has the effect of creating an ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ attitude in parishes , where their parish musicians feel unable or unwilling to settle for more than a mediocre level of performance . |
| 4 | Although Frankie had been dozing , he was too hungry to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 5 | The great experiment would take place with MacDonald able to count upon less than a third of the members of the House of Commons . |
| 6 | As long ago as 1976 , the marine resources committee of the FAO believed that ‘ populations of all three dolphin and porpoise species were probably being exploited in the Turkish fishery at levels they would not be able to survive for more than a few years . ’ |
| 7 | Lisa had been smoking for twenty years and felt unable to stop for more than a day . |
| 8 | The actual distance covered will probably be no more than 2 feet , so it is necessary to respond in less than a quarter of a second in order to avoid being struck . |
| 9 | The Collector , his mind too feverish to recollect for more than a moment what all this activity was about , became absorbed in the contemplation of this pariah dog . |