Example sentences of "less than the [adj] cost " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , on the other hand , the estimates are always equal to or less than the actual cost for a path , as in Fig. 8.2. , then even if the algorithm initially takes the wrong path , its actual cost will be worse than the other , optimistically estimated paths . |
| 2 | In Figure 8.2 the algorithm will initially take the leftmost path but will then backtrack and eventually take the correct , rightmost path , because the estimate for the rightmost path is less than the actual cost of any other path . |
| 3 | It is a good illustration of one of the reasons why I withdrew this subsection , in that the cost to the employer in this instance could be much less than the arm's-length cost to the outside person taking advantage of such a service . ’ |
| 4 | But it is still cost-effective since the rest of its annual costs , £3.85M or about £10/tonne , are 27 per cent less than the average cost of refusal disposal to the GLC and only half those of long-distance hole-filling contracts ( up to £23/tonne ) . |
| 5 | In practice the price obtained will be less than the generating cost , so as a business proposition it is a non-starter . |
| 6 | She points out that at the size S 1 the marginal benefit of the last inch is less than the marginal cost to you , which is also the amount you must be compensated for that last inch on the tree . |