Example sentences of "it [verb] less [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The church 's spokesman , Bishop Joseph Duffy , said : ‘ We feel obliged to state that the wording proposed is basically flawed because it guarantees less than the total exclusion of deliberate abortion . ’ |
| 2 | Actually , I might just have had a little to do with his death , as it occurred less than a year after the Stoves lost their only child , Esmerelda . |
| 3 | It cost less than a fiver a head — and there was n't a plate broken all night ! |
| 4 | She would be drinking coffee as if it cost less than water , wearing alligator shoes made to fit her pretty feet , and watching at Tommaso 's side a parade of half-naked girls with bracelets round their legs , whirling to a drummer 's flying hands , while a group of handsome , grinning soldiers stood by . |
| 5 | It uses less than three-quarters of the energy expected of a mammal of its size . |
| 6 | The cost of recharging the Super Dustbuster is minimal : it uses less than half the amount of electricity used by a light bulb , so it 's good value for money as well as being environmentally friendly . |
| 7 | But with a cheap overdraft facility at around 17.5 per cent , holders should have not difficulty in settling the month 's account in full — and it costs less than a conventional credit card . |
| 8 | Get it out out the tap and it costs less than a penny a litre . |
| 9 | A harsh restructuring of basic industries , particularly steel and shipbuilding , took place under the Socialists ' rule , although it relied less than in Britain on the power of the ‘ market ’ and more on the intervention of the state . |
| 10 | I collect my things and pack , and it takes less than a minute . |
| 11 | The Duma discussed foreign policy only once a year , when the ministry 's budget came under scrutiny : it has been estimated that it spent less than 1 per cent of its time on foreign affairs . |
| 12 | It landed less than a yard from my feet , still beating . ’ |
| 13 | Although it bid less than TSW , the latter 's business plan was deemed unviable by the Independent Television Commission with a £16.1m bid . |
| 14 | It mattered less than the Fourniers ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Sn-snuggled … ? ’ she spluttered , but , when she thought about it — and with the memory so recent , it took less than a second — she had to concede that perhaps ‘ snuggled ’ was n't so very far off the mark . |
| 16 | This might have seemed odd , coming as it did less than a week after Franco 's bellicose public references to Gibraltar . |