Example sentences of "shorter than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The highest infant mortality was reported in those cases where the preceding birth interval was less than two years and , in many communities , especially high , if the inter-birth period was shorter than a full year . |
| 2 | However , paradoxically , and as Griffith pointed out , as long as the crack is shorter than the critical length , nothing will happen — however high the stress at the tip may be . |
| 3 | The taller of the pair was chewing on a chicken leg and leaning on a sword that was only marginally shorter than the average man . |
| 4 | The thin plastic flange in the centre of the connectors must be removed with a pair of pliers , to enable it to slide completely over the new , smaller piece of pipe , which should be cut 10 to 20mm shorter than the measured gap . |
| 5 | The Islamic calendar is one of the few remaining purely lunar calendars , the year being just over ten days shorter than the tropical year , or year of the seasons . |
| 6 | The shop at fault was clearly shown on the chart as its horizontal line was much shorter than the similar line above it showing the progress of earlier operations in its manufacture , and as soon as the supply reverted to normal again , the red flag was removed . |
| 7 | The dates of the parallel drawings exhibition are six weeks shorter than the main show : Wallraf-Richartz Museum , Cologne , until 18 October ; Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts , Antwerp , 12 December 1992 – 24 January 1993 ; Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna , 2 April to 16 May 1993 . |
| 8 | The wind comes off the sea so predictably that the first nine , which is played into the wind , was deliberately designed 300 yards shorter than the downwind second nine . |
| 9 | As there are fewer than fifty such hospitals in the whole country , with long waiting lists and high proportions of permanent inmates , the ‘ 6 to 8 months ’ average waiting time reported by Guha ( quoted in Baxi 1982 ) for a gaol in Assam may be shorter than the national average . |
| 10 | This will prevent the seam from tightening up with the result that it could be shorter than the surrounding fabric . |
| 11 | It 's also shorter than the original version . |
| 12 | ‘ He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat . |
| 13 | First divide the date on the rug by 33 — the Muslim year is approximately unc ( or 11 days ) shorter than the Gregorian year — and subtract the result from the original date . |
| 14 | This puts him marginally below 6ft 3in George Bush and makes him appreciably shorter than the giant German Chancellor Helmut Kohl at 6ft 5in but otherwise he will walk tall on the world stage . |