Example sentences of "less than [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we assume , instead , that the poorest in the locality benefits ( though not fully ) from the cuts in central tax , a higher output will be chosen as a result of the cut in taxes , though this will be less than output OX 2 , the output that would be chosen if an equivalent lump-sum grant had been received . |
| 2 | While the papacy of Pope Paul had remained uncomfortably unidentified with either ‘ progressive ’ or ‘ conservative ’ , that of John Paul became increasingly closely tied to the latter , and at times in a state of not much less than guerrilla war with the ‘ magisterium ’ of the Church 's principal theologians : a truly strange position for a pope to be in . |
| 3 | Taxonomic richness in predator assemblages is always less than habitat richness because of predator selectivity , so that the numbers of species in a predator assemblage can never be greater than were actually present . |
| 4 | I do n't think you 've got that right somehow , there 's no way , that retirement pension will be less than Income Benefit , it 's always a bit more . |
| 5 | My idea of a truth-and-justice lone avenger never appears in less than platoon strength , preferably nuclear-armed . |
| 6 | With so much land to be disposed of , it was hard to make them put up with anything less than freehold tenure , and so it was almost impossible for the proprietors to make very much out of their estates . |
| 7 | This has been capped by the well publicised current appearance of no less than Rain Man ( Warner ) for sale ( £14.99 ) as well as for rent , when hitherto the two spheres have tacitly been regarded as mutually exclusive . |
| 8 | In the second case , however , compulsory acquisition at less than market price involves an actual loss since the owner is not only deprived of his property but is also compensated at a price which might be less than he paid for it and would almost certainly be insufficient to purchase a similar parcel of land in the open market . |
| 9 | so erm , in , in some sense , it is with the Secretary of State 's consent , erm , the land was conveyed back at less than market value as it stood , but erm , er , and I guess there are a variety of views on that particular er , aspect of the situation . |
| 10 | For such instances to be relevant , the purchase price for the assets must be significantly less than market value . |
| 11 | The most important of these will be specified in the Articles of Association , and may well oblige the manager to sell his shares at a price probably less than market value . |
| 12 | A character with Metallurgy will know of the adulteration , one with Numismatics will know the coins are worth less than face value . |
| 13 | Race goers are advised not to buy a ticket offered at less than face value , while anyone who 's concerned about a ticket they 've already bought should get in touch with the course . |
| 14 | The tasks identified for coordinators by the Authority could not be carried out with anything less than enactor status . |
| 15 | Sodium absorption from the rice-based solutions was similar but significantly less than sodium absorption from HYPO-ORS and WHO-ORS ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 16 | As a result , the amount of the proceeds deemed to relate to the debt will be less than par value . |
| 17 | The level in Britain is less than lemon juice |
| 18 | Now either , either we have , ei either you accept that and y y you 're saying n not only in terms of land reform is the Communist Party prepared to see poor peasants being allocated less than subsistence land but even when they are allocated land they 're being taxed on their income even though it 's well below subsistence . |