Example sentences of "less than [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , appealing to the transactions costs involved in buying and selling securities is of limited use as transactions costs are fixed costs which if anything rise less than proportionately to the size of the deal . |
| 2 | Schools in mid , north east and north west Essex resort to excluding pupils far less than elsewhere in the county . |
| 3 | Less than half-way through the document is the paragraph headed ‘ The Republican Sunday ’ : |
| 4 | Grain went from Rumania to Danzig by sea , all the way round Europe , and still cost 30 per cent less than overland by rail . |
| 5 | In other words , branches agreed to retain less than before of what they had collected from students , and if necessary raise extra funds through special events . |