Example sentences of "less than [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considering the technical complexities required , televised science fiction has frequently earned less than proportionately balanced critical response . |
| 2 | Its central belief , in the wisdom of the marketplace , was less than immediately applicable to the running of Kew Gardens or the British Museum . |
| 3 | Well there as I mentioned a staff reduction of a hundred and ninety two and significant er staff reduct er cost reduction in other , other areas we , we analyze every single er publishing unit and where the erm where they were marginally profitable or less than marginally profitable er we 've taken appropriate action . |
| 4 | On the other hand , if the last column is less than twice that of the first , then the company 's profit trend will be understated ( negative measurement distortion ) . |
| 5 | Somewhat less than twice that number were reported to have been injured . |
| 6 | No radiometric ages less than about 3000 Ma have been obtained for any lunar samples except for a tentative date of 850 Ma for material thought to have been ejected and heated by the formation of Copernicus ( Figure 6.7 ) . |
| 7 | About 10 years passed before the technology could produce satisfactory inversion layers thin enough to show quantum effects , that as , less than about 10 nanometres thick . |
| 8 | When a moth detects a loud bat sound , indicating a bat less than about eight feet away , it puts a different escape tactic into action . |
| 9 | Flotation is important in separating particles of tin oxide less than about 40 micrometres in diameter . |
| 10 | In contrast , radiocarbon typically produces error terms of plus/minus 50–100 years , independent of age , for ages less than about 10,000 years , after which the error increases . |
| 11 | Buchholz has shown that non-prime odd numbers can give very good results , but are not reliable unless they have no divisors less than about 19 . |
| 12 | For example , consider the following exchange : A ( to passer by ) : I 've just run out of petrol B : Oh ; there 's a garage just around the corner Here B 's utterance may be taken to implicate that A may obtain petrol there , and he would certainly be being less than fully cooperative if he knew the garage was closed or was sold out of petrol ( hence the inference ) . |
| 13 | A study published by Age Concern Scotland asserts , that , ‘ to be dependent is to face the danger of being less than fully human because to be dependent is to live with the prospect of having our bodies cared for but our personal and social lives neglected or even dismissed as irrelevant . ’ |
| 14 | If you thought that was less than perfectly thought-out and organised , wait until you see what job evaluation and performance-related have in store for all of us ( see page 20 ) . |
| 15 | On only three out of approximately 180 occasions , therefore , can it be said that the inspectors had been less than absolutely fair in the opinion of those who were criticised . |
| 16 | To his credit , Mr Houghton admits to being ‘ less than totally objective ’ about these products . |
| 17 | The Arab predilection for drama , at least in personal relationships , did not extend to a taste for Shakespeare 's comedies translated into Arabic , and the house was less than half full . |