Example sentences of "less than [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further on in the above entry he admits he can only be less than himself in company . |
| 2 | She cared less than nothing for the privileges of the housewife ; the old woman could have kept the keys for ever , and Julian would have been indifferent . |
| 3 | I can assure you that did less than nothing for my morale at the time . |
| 4 | She was accustomed to speaking her mind , knew less than nothing about the subject , and uttered the word which no genteel person , particularly a woman , would have spoken , or even known . |
| 5 | Barney was n't often stumped but she knew less than nothing about the sport . |
| 6 | ‘ I know less than nothing about you , and if you 're important , which you must be if you 're a , well , a tycoon , then I expect you entertain a lot — friends , business associates — which means that you 'll need someone who 'll be a credit to you — and I do n't know if I can ! |
| 7 | ‘ Your opinion means less than nothing to me . |
| 8 | Above all else , he 's a businessman and he knows I 'll do the work for less than someone with papers because he knows I have no choice . ’ |
| 9 | But I think , you know to make perhaps an obvious point , the comparison is made with West Germany , it 's not made with what er Japan or , or er America for instance are proposing to do , which is less than us at the present time . |