Example sentences of "for [adv] less [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To achieve complete combustion , in most cases , high temperatures in the order of 600–900°C , for not less than 0.3 seconds are required , in order to ignite and burn the odorous gases before they form the fine carbon of black smoke which is far more difficult to burn . |
| 2 | The main point of contention , according to one of the shops visited is the distinction between what is a ‘ genuine ’ sale item ( i.e. one that has been on sale in the shop at full price for not less than 28 consecutive days during the preceding six months ) and a ‘ special purchase ’ , such as a remainder or bargain book . |
| 3 | She was dead already , had been for not less than twelve hours according to the doc . ’ |
| 4 | Where the livestock has been rightfully detained for not less than 14 days , the person detaining it may sell it at a market or by public auction , unless proceedings are then pending for the return of the livestock or for any claim for damages done by it or expenses incurred in detaining it . |
| 5 | If the application is made on the grounds that debts have been paid or secured and it is known that there are creditors who have not proved their debts , the court may direct that notice be given to them of the application and order the trustee ( or official receiver ) to advertise the application and , in the meantime , adjourn the application for not less than thirty-five days ( r 6.209 ) . |
| 6 | The SLORC on July 17 , 1989 , conferred on certain military commanders administrative and judicial powers , and on the following day announced that these military commanders could impose , " regardless of the provisions under existing laws " , one of three sentences on those who violated or defied SLORC orders — the death sentence , life imprisonment or imprisonment with hard labour for not less than three years . |
| 7 | In this study , the highest figure for gall stone recurrence is 26 ( diagnosed by either oral cholecystectography or ultrasonagraphy ) of 82 patients followed up for at least six months ( 60 of whom were followed up for not less than two years ) giving a crude recurrence rate of 31.7% which correspondes , by LTA , to a cumulative actuarial rate of 41.0 ( 7.2 ) % at 3.5 and subsequent years . |
| 8 | a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives confirmed by the Institute as being of good standing and having been admitted as a Fellow for not less than three years ; |
| 9 | ( 4 ) A solicitor 's employee who would not otherwise qualify under sub-paragraph ( 1 ) ( b ) of this rule to manage an office and who was 50 years of age or more on and had at that date been continuously employed in connection with the practice of that solicitor for not less than 20 years shall , provided he or she exercised the duty of management at that date , be entitled to continue to do so until retiring or attaining the age of 70 years , whichever first happens . |
| 10 | By s 9(1) of the Housing Act 1988 , the court may adjourn for such period as it thinks fit , proceedings for possession of assured tenancies , and may stay , suspend , or postpone a claim for possession — but an order for possession must not in general be postponed to a date later than fourteen days from judgment , unless this would cause exceptional hardship , when up to six weeks may be allowed ( s 89(1) of the Houseing Act 1980 ) ; the maximum of 14 days is subject to important qualifications ( s 89(2) ) examples of which are those cases under the Rent Act 1977 where the court may only order possession if reasonable , possession actions by mortgagees when the period is 28 days , and by lessors for forfeiture for non-payment of rent , when any order for possession must be for not less than four weeks ( s 138(3) of the 1984 Act ) . |
| 11 | County Court witness summonses can name only one witness and should be applied for not less than seven days before attendance is required . |
| 12 | At the weekly tender each tender must be for not less than £50 000 . |
| 13 | Antibiotics account for two-thirds of Beecham 's business and Tagamet , an anti-ulcer drug , accounts for slightly less than one quarter Of SmithKline 's sales . |
| 14 | For slightly less than $10 he offers to mail customers the plans for a do-it-yourself coffin which , until required , doubles as a bookcase . |
| 15 | But then again you can also do it with the various screen-based editors like Melbourne Draw for substantially less than £143.75 . |
| 16 | well needs a I think one of the things we discussed in the branch action group meeting is actually , were n't quite sure what the cos we 'd been sending out for quite less than ten of the branches because to do something to them which was mm apparently lots of them in but erm well they keep disappearing so that the what we 've been talking about is to try and get some points erm health and safety station within the branch , which actually just has all this stuff for it . |
| 17 | Second , the extended family counts for relatively less and the immediate nuclear family for relatively more . |