Example sentences of "in [adj] than [art] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Few people can judge what shape a particular horse is in better than the smith who shoes him . |
| 2 | In less than a fortnight it will be the third anniversary of his death . |
| 3 | In less than a year I would reach retirement age and I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 4 | As soon as Luce had been helped in and settled the gondolier plied his oar , and in less than a minute they were on the Grand Canal . |
| 5 | The engine leapt , shouted , and was tamed , and in less than a minute we had taken off from the little beach and were circling the island . |
| 6 | In less than a second it would tear a gap in the highway the width of the riverbed . |
| 7 | Colin French walked out of court this afternoon — flanked by police for his own protection — but in less than a month he could be behind bars . |
| 8 | The wind turned colder , with a scatter of rain , and in less than an hour it was dark . |
| 9 | But in less than an hour he was back , and he looked very afraid . |
| 10 | In less than an hour he was changing his wet clothes . |
| 11 | He had never seen anyone or anything quite so beautiful in his life ; instantly , in less than the time it took her to walk from one side of the room to the other , he knew he loved her . |