Example sentences of "[noun prp] in [det] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1960s and '70s it was seen as whisking people from a London roof-top to one in Paris in less than an hour . |
| 2 | Travellers today can cross the Alps in less than a day due to the excellent highways and railroads . |
| 3 | He completed it about the end of 1839 , and quickly mastered the art of riding it on the rough country roads , so that he was soon accustomed to making the fourteen-mile journey to Dumfries in less than an hour . |
| 4 | It 's the second attack on visitors to Egypt in less than a month , the foreign office says the great majority of tourists experience no problems in Egypt , but adds . |
| 5 | ‘ It will be another Lebanon in less than a year . ’ |
| 6 | Nearly 500 jobs have been lost in the steel industry at Shotton in less than a year . |
| 7 | Fortunately the Aer Lingus 737 had delivered her from Heathrow in less than an hour , so she 'd barely had time to become bored . |
| 8 | With 125mph trains it was now possible to travel from places like Swindon , where house prices were lower , to London in less than an hour . |
| 9 | British Rail will whisk you down from London in less than an hour . |
| 10 | Despite being reached from Belfast in less than an hour , and despite the fact that Slieve Donard towers 850m above Newcastle , one of Northern Ireland 's most popular seaside resorts , the hills are rarely visited . |
| 11 | The police say there 've been seven suspicious barn fires around in the Oxfordshire in less than a week . |