Example sentences of "is less than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In France the proportion is less than a fifth . |
| 2 | The standard answer to suggestions that the judiciary is less than a representative cross-section of society is that the Lord Chancellor can only fashion judges from the timber he finds on the list of QCs . |
| 3 | A curtate cycloid is generated when the point P is inside the generating circle ; OP is less than a . |
| 4 | Indeed , the current legal minimum allowance of 450 square centimetres per bird gives the bird a space which is less than a page of this magazine . |
| 5 | Johanna 's home is less than a mile from the spot where her body was found . |
| 6 | If there is less than a certain amount , the gravitational force will be insufficient to stop a never-ending expansion . |
| 7 | An incident room staffed by 30 officers working full time on the case is being run at Martlesham police headquarters , which is less than a mile from the scene of crime . |
| 8 | That fee is less than a quarter of the £300,000 Bassett paid Arsenal nearly two years ago , yet there are still no takers . |
| 9 | Santorini is less than a couple of miles from where you 're sitting . |
| 10 | There is less than a 5% probability that an object belonging to a population with velocity dispersion 120kms -1 moves so slowly ; alternatively , a 20 M and ; object in equipartition with solar-mass stars having 120kms -1 dispersion , has about even chance of moving more slowly than 25kms -1 . |
| 11 | One effect of these pressures can be seen in the age structure of male employees in manufacturing where in small firms over one-third of employees are over 50 years , whereas the proportion in large firms is less than a fifth . |
| 12 | Nor does the Athenaion Politeia say more than that on certain matters the Boule does not have the final decision ( xlv ) , which is less than a direct and triumphant assertion of the Assembly 's sovereignty . |
| 13 | If it is less than a hundred-per cent change , ignore it ; you are studying the wrong system or have designed the wrong experiment , he insisted . |
| 14 | If the density is less than a certain critical value , determined by the rate of expansion , the gravitational attraction will be too weak to halt the expansion . |
| 15 | The Million Sterling Tournament is less than a month away . |
| 16 | If anyone is less than a metre behind you , you lose a point ; if you are less than a metre behind anyone else , you gain a point . " |
| 17 | If the rent under the sublease is made to increase at the same rate as the rent under the headlease , and the rent under the headlease is less than a market rent at the date of grant of the sublease , the rent under the sublease may well exceed the true market rent after the first rent review . |
| 18 | If hardware flow control is used , the Z88 will bring RTS low when the receive buffer becomes more than half full and bring RTS high when the receive buffer is less than a quarter full . |
| 19 | The jail is less than a year old and has been hailed as a model prison . |
| 20 | But the venue is less than a mile away from Castlemorton Common , which was invaded by more than twenty thousand hippies a fortnight ago . |