Example sentences of "less than [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will be less than gruntled by the following job application , posted in Sammy Dunlop 's Tackle Shop at Ballydown , outside Banbridge . |
| 2 | But to make that observation is nothing less than to point to one way in which the UK is becoming a less open society . |
| 3 | In comparison with other peoples of the world , Latin Americans read newspapers more than watching television , but less than listening to the radio . |
| 4 | In all his writings , Poetry as well as Prose , he maintained what has been described as ‘ an attention nothing less than astounding to exactitude in date ’ . |
| 5 | Even when the contribution of 1200mJy from all small-diameter sources in the field is included , the total seen by MOST at 843MHz is only 4.5Jy , much less than observed by filled-aperture telescopes . |
| 6 | One consequence is that less opportunity exists in 6 Form colleges for staff who are less than committed to pastoral care , to be carried . |
| 7 | behave think of them as less than have to does n't it |
| 8 | Cyril Stapleton , sadly less than augmented by his Augmented Orchestra |
| 9 | The Strategic Defence Initiative received $4,150 million , $1,000 million less than requested by Bush ; much of the money would finance deployment by 1996 of an initial , ground-based system of 100 interceptors capable of shooting down incoming missiles , rather than the space-based system conceived by Reagan . |
| 10 | However , the reduction in railway employment was offset by the growth of activity in the Post Office , and changes in bus service employment were less than feared at the time of ‘ deregulation ’ ( 1987 ) . |
| 11 | On the supply side the freedoms given to NHS Trusts were considerably less than promised in WFP . |
| 12 | Taking a funeral policy can cost less than paying for a funeral plan by instalments but it depends on average life expectancy . |
| 13 | These are normally a lot less than paying for the whole aircraft over the same short period , but after the term of the lease the aircraft must be sold , or re-financed . |
| 14 | And off-screen , too , he 's had reasons to be less than charmed by life . |
| 15 | Tangy and crisp with a fruity flavour we quite liked this one , although we were less than impressed with the look of the bottle . |
| 16 | ( c ) Position conflicts : the position you take in one piece of litigation may be at odds with the position you want to take in a subsequent action ( for example , in advancing the cause of a plaintiff you may adopt a position that puts you in difficulty with some defence clients who are less than impressed with the vigour with which you espouse the plaintiff 's cause ) . |
| 17 | MY party of visitors to the new Museum of Liverpool Life were less than impressed with the Brookside exhibit . |
| 18 | Gregory himself did not doubt the efficacy of the saint , but clearly Leudast and his supporters were less than impressed by the bishop 's special relationship with his supernatural patron . |
| 19 | Not surprisingly , the daughter and her husband were less than thrilled at this and the further suggestion that they could rent their home back ! |
| 20 | Rail travel to Prague costs only slightly less than going by air . |