Example sentences of "less than [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effects ranged from the hilarity and confusion produced by laughing gas ( nitrous oxide in less than anaesthetic doses ) to a simple diminution of the sense of pain by fever-reducing drugs of the coal-tar dyestuffs industry ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 2 | There is some irony in the fact that many schools are on the one hand educating children about healthy eating and on the other selling at break time nothing less than junk foods such as crisps , chewy fruit sweets and chocolate bars . |
| 3 | The department may be involved separately in approving particularly large schemes or where projects involve UDCs disposing of land at less than market values . |
| 4 | Thus investment spending by firms may be greater or less than the volume of saving , government spending may be greater or less than tax receipts , and exports may be greater or less than imports , but it must be the case that a deficit or surplus in one sector is exactly offset in one or more of the other sectors . |
| 5 | ‘ Collusion ’ should , certainly for antitrust purposes , refer to a form of conduct , not the value of an outcome : collusive behaviour might well result in less than monopoly profits . |
| 6 | More cogently , some observe that these analysts track the credit quality of up to 35 companies apiece , and are paid significantly less than equity analysts on Wall Street . |
| 7 | It was abandoned when the new church was built in 1909 and in less than severity years has fallen into complete ruin — a good indication of how severe the Dales weather can be and how quickly buildings succumb to its assault . |
| 8 | And a leading energy analyst , Walter Patterson , has calculated that IGCC plants cost more to build than natural-gas stations but much less than coal stations . |
| 9 | If your qualifications are not from the UK , or if you have studied in the UK for less than threee years by the start of the academic year for which you are applying , you are considered an overseas student for the purpose of entrance . |