Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [det] than [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In 1983 , for example , the Conservatives won almost two-thirds of the seats in the House of Commons with less than half the nation 's backing and a modest 30.8 per cent of the total electorate , while the Labour Party won almost a third of the seats with only 27.6 per cent of the votes . |
| 3 | He was speaking after one of his planes with just over 100 Britons on board left Jordan with more than half the seats empty because of diplomatic red tape . |
| 4 | Until recently the profit margin has been tight , with an implant selling in Britain for less than half the price charged in the rest of Europe and the United States . |
| 5 | They reached Los Ilusiones in less than half an hour . |
| 6 | The Bugatti Owners Club has been holding meetings at Prescott Hill near Cheltenham for more than half a century . |