Example sentences of "[be] [det] than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her Cloaths are fewer than the Time before . |
| 2 | For most purposes it is enough to know that an enterprise makes losses — that its revenues are less than the sum of its wages , its cost of capital and its cost of material inputs ( raw materials , components , energy and so on ) . |
| 3 | If drivers had to pay all these costs , they would be discouraged from making journeys where the benefits of travelling are less than the costs . |
| 4 | The survey tells us that the chances of being burgled are less than the risk of domestic fire and that the chances of robbery are smaller than those of being admitted to a psychiatric hospital — not that such statistics will be a lot of consolation to those who are burgled or robbed . |
| 5 | Following heavy rationalisation , it generated £200m turnover last year , and has turned around from being loss-making to earning ‘ profits that are less than the industry average ’ . |
| 6 | The objective is to confirm that all response times are less than the agreed target , and that response times for identical processes are consistent . |
| 7 | The national insurance contributions for Schedule D earners ( partners and sole traders ) are less than the combined contributions of the company and the directors . |
| 8 | In some cases they accrue entitlements to holiday pay which they receive as a lump sum on the termination of their employment , although in the holiday camps sector these accrued holiday entitlements are less than the holiday entitlements of comparable regular staff . |
| 9 | Both the equivalent life and the equivalent life yield are less than the corresponding average life and average life yield . |
| 10 | Section two , there was a revised estimate for nineteen ninety two ninety three and there are two main points to mention , firstly members will see that the revised estimates in total are less than the original estimates and this is because affording interest rates have made it cheaper to service the outstanding debt from previous years ' capital programmes . |
| 11 | Possible tests of success in this facet of the changes is whether non-executives are clear about their contribution and whether decisions are more than the sum of executive preferences . |
| 12 | Good learning environments are more than the sum of their parts ; they are exciting , attractive , motivating and challenging for those within them . |
| 13 | A man 's wife , his child , these things are more than the world to him . |
| 14 | Other price rises will be less than the rate of inflation . |
| 15 | The bid failed because the estate 's value was considered to be less than the ‘ knockdown price ’ of £10 million at which the Prince had persuaded Mr Kluge to offer it to the nation , with some assessments valuing the estate at between £2 and £7 million . |
| 16 | In practice the price obtained will be less than the generating cost , so as a business proposition it is a non-starter . |
| 17 | He reasoned that the Lord who was physically born of Mary , grew in wisdom , suffered dereliction and death , must be less than the unbegotten , impassible , deathless Father . |
| 18 | Their life expectancy may be less than the national average , and they may be more susceptible to illness and disease . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Once the tax-free payout is made , bonus payments would continue to be added and the amount paid out would never be less than the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit specified in the table opposite . |
| 21 | This total would never be less than the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit . |
| 22 | Clearly , such resources will always be less than the total need for management development , so hard decisions about selective investment will continue to be required . |
| 23 | For effective filtering , the ripple frequency must be very much lower than the frequency at which the series inductance becomes troublesome , and ideally the ESR must be less than the ratio of the specified ripple voltage to the ripple current . |
| 24 | This royalty shall not be less than the royalty on sales of the unadapted Video |
| 25 | This royalty shall not be less than the royalty on sales of the unadapted Video |
| 26 | If now the liquid is brought into contact with the solid , so as to wet it , then the energy of the interface between the solid and the liquid will be less than the sum of surface energies of the two surfaces when they are in contact with air . |
| 27 | render underprivileged and powerless people more likely to be arrested , convicted , and sentenced to prison , even though the amount of personal damage and injury they cause may be less than the more powerful and privileged cause ; |
| 28 | Most homes now have some form of lost insulation , as a result of Government campaigns and gradually improving Building Regulations , but in many cases it will be less than the current minimum requirement for new homes , of a 100mm thick layer of glass fibre or a similar insulant . |
| 29 | The total value of a player 's army may be less than the agreed value , and will often be a few points short simply because there is nothing left to spend the few remaining points on . |
| 30 | Trolls must be organised into units of the same type , but the number of Trolls in a unit can be less than the normal minimum of five models . |