Example sentences of "the [noun] in [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over coffee in the study Miss Danziger thanked the guests individually for their concern , apologised for interrupting their enjoyment of an excellent meal , and explained that so long as she came out of the spasm in less than a minute and a half it was not dangerous and left no ill-effects . |
| 2 | MAOIST ‘ Shining Path ’ guerrillas attacked a hamlet in the central Peruvian jungle , killing eight people and wounding seven in the second raid in the zone in less than a month , Panamericana Television said . |
| 3 | For all its political militancy , the ILP was no less fearful of revolutionaries put their faith in industrial action : ‘ A general strike in the big key industries of Europe will put an end to the war in less than a week ’ , declared Solidarity , a shop steward paper , early in February . |
| 4 | Travellers today can cross the Alps in less than a day due to the excellent highways and railroads . |
| 5 | Definitely on the motorway in that than the stupid Mini ! |
| 6 | Sole , however , was critical of the extensive travelling which the itinerary imposed on the Scots , with a four-hour flight between the first and second venues , Darwin and Brisbane , and then the same time on to Hobart … from one extreme to the other in less than a week . |
| 7 | The remote would be blasted out of the sky in less than a fiftieth of a second . ’ |
| 8 | It 's the biggest outbreak in the city in more than a decade . |
| 9 | They drew three coverts blank , found at a fourth , but lost the line in less than a mile . |
| 10 | His security status would guarantee him a priority flight on virtually any civil or military aircraft He could be out of the country in less than an hour , headed anywhere in the world . |
| 11 | He moved the rest of the boxes in less than a minute . |
| 12 | The police say there 've been seven suspicious barn fires around in the Oxfordshire in less than a week . |