Example sentences of "be [det] than [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps , now , the renewal premium will be less than the £323.00 quoted in your letter ? |
| 2 | The length of the board should be greater than 3.60m unless the user is a slight lady or a child , in which case the length and volume can be less than the figures quoted above . |
| 3 | The registered capital of the Kft may not be less than the whole issued capital of the company under conversion and simultaneously with the registration of the new Kft all shares must be cancelled . |
| 4 | After three months they would be entitled to the statutory minimum wage in Germany , but this would still be less than the wages taken home by Germans working on the same site . |
| 5 | She was beginning to be more than a bit worried about the expenses involved in her escape , and hoped it would n't be too long before she could escape back to anonymity and London . |
| 6 | There should be a 50 per cent statistical probability that the actual quantity of recoverable reserves will be more than the amount estimated as proven and probable and a 50 per cent statistical probability that it will be less . |
| 7 | He was beginning to get to know them as individuals and to glimpse their relationships but he could never be more than the outsider looking in . |
| 8 | In 1933 its total membership was believed to be about 300 , but the cost of a fund-raising appeal for £25,000 proved to be more than the sum collected and the movement went £800 into debt . |
| 9 | Grading is a method of achieving a shorthand synthesis of every possible quality that one might wish to be included in a profile , consolidated into a symbol which examiners understand pragmatically with reference to a platonic point of reference existing in the minds of a group of examiners who have worked together , while a profile , however detailed , can never be more than an attempt to put down all those qualities . |
| 10 | Methysergide , R-zacopride , and SC53116 significantly inhibited the increased transit induced by 5HT ; indeed , the geometric centres of isotope with ia 5HT and these agents given ip were less than the value observed with ia saline alone ( Table I ) . |
| 11 | Of the total sample of around 95,000 trees , 23.5 per cent were more than a quarter defoliated in 1992 , and were thus classified as damaged , compared with 22.2 per cent in 1991 . |
| 12 | It is more than a decision to buy flowers for your lover or plan a romantic dinner . |
| 13 | There was reason to think , as the Financial News suggested , that " Mr. Bonar Law 's resignation is more than a nine-days wonder . |
| 14 | Here is more than the chance to do a bit of direct selling or attract further commissions ; there should be the desire to communicate and work with others . |
| 15 | The Church is more than the herald announcing the message , it is a demonstration model which gives credence to the effectiveness of that message . |
| 16 | When the nuclei of light elements join together or ‘ fuse ’ , energy is released ; what is more , the amount is more than the energy needed to push these nuclei into one another overcoming the electrical repulsion , so if we could accomplish this efficiently we would have a plentiful and dean supply of energy . |
| 17 | If the money you and your partner have left each week is less than the amounts shown below , you may be able to get full help with NHS costs and hospital travel costs . |