Example sentences of "[conj] less than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their games are , in fact , nothing more or less than a rehearsal prior to the performance of the activities which are the serious business of all the members of the Gikuyu tribe . |
| 2 | The commissions are to strive to ensure that no constituency varies from this quota by more or less than a quarter of it . |
| 3 | Nor did it escape the notice of other critics of the Association that a handbill , lengthily entitled " A Dialogue between Tom and Harry on the Duties of Seamen and the Just and Equitable Rewards for their Services " , was in practice nothing more or less than a statement of union policy on bargaining with shipowners and published in this form only to avoid the appearance that the Standard was more than an innocent friendly society . |
| 4 | Impressive as it is , however , Dame Edna 's show is no more or less than a star vehicle . |
| 5 | In early studies it was called the residual — as such , it had more direct meaning , being no more nor less than a bundle of factors which can not be quantified individually . |
| 6 | That the advertisement had been in a church magazine was , for my grandfather , sufficient guarantee of respectability , but when the boys arrived in the great city even their inexperience could not hide from them the fact that the respectable lodging was nothing more nor less than a brothel . |
| 7 | An analysis by the Council for the Protection of Rural England ( CPRE ) showed that less than a year after the first structural concrete was poured , the project was already £136 million over budget . |
| 8 | Similarly Norway claims that less than a quarter of its acid rain is home produced , the main culprit being the UK though this is disputed by the UK Central Electricity Generating Board . |
| 9 | And that less than a generation after British industry was the laughing stock of the world . |
| 10 | A national conference of some 50 shipowners and local shipowners ' associations held in London on 19 August 1890 gave its approval to the proposal and such was the urgency with which the employers regarded the situation , that less than a month elapsed before the Shipping Federation Ltd. was established . |
| 11 | At lower birth orders , however , the risk of a still birth seems to be greater if less than a year elapsed since the previous birth , although there are two few cases in most birth order groups to make this finding statistically significant . |
| 12 | Their lodgings lay almost in the shadow of the Stefansdom , the great cathedral dominating the centre of the city , and less than a mile from the Theatre an der Wien . |
| 13 | Issuing from the loch is the River Arkaig , crossing a narrow strip of land and less than a mile in length before entering Loch Lochy . |
| 14 | That same night , at that same moment , and less than a mile from the Zoo , one other living creature was thinking of Minch . |
| 15 | At present north Belfast and Newtownabbey contain less than five per cent of the office space in Greater Belfast : much less than is contained in the small area around the university and less than a quarter of that found in east Belfast . |
| 16 | ‘ Ten years old , and less than a month to live ! ’ |
| 17 | The defeat deprived the garrisons in Aquitaine of the reinforcements they needed , and less than a month after the destruction of Pembroke 's fleet du Guesclin entered Poitiers . |
| 18 | The full draft standards across all the technical working groups within sport and recreation run to over 500 pages , and less than a month was given for response , including the Christmas and New Year period . |
| 19 | Consequently , ‘ risk ’ must be something more than a remote possibility but less than a probability . |
| 20 | But less than a month later , John Osborne 's Look Back in Anger arrived at the Royal Court , and elegant , well-made drawing-room plays like this were supposedly consigned to the dustbin of theatrical history . |
| 21 | But less than a month later , Tom collapsed with a heart attack . |
| 22 | Again the short answer is simple , but this time the other way about : because the wages paid to a " compess " , while less than a man 's , were high compared to the wages a girl could earn elsewhere . |
| 23 | While less than a mile away , as the moon came out again from behind clouds , it shone through a window into a cage where an old eagle perched and its light fell across her head and one of her wings . |
| 24 | An IRA statement from Dublin confirmed on Sept. 28 that Waldegrave was the target of the bomb and boasted of its ability to breach security and endanger Cabinet ministers " while less than a mile away Margaret Thatcher holds a crisis meeting to find a way to stop IRA attacks " . |
| 25 | Also in relation to the United States , Brody ( 1981 ) offers evidence from a three-generation study of women that the youngest generation felt more strongly than the other two about ‘ grandfilial responsibility ’ , three-quarters of them saying that older people should expect help from their grandchildren , whereas less than a quarter of the oldest generation took this view . |
| 26 | After less than a half-hour of sitting alone he would grow restless , scatter his books untidily about the table and disappear outside . |
| 27 | Slobs like me who iron only when they are forced to , and then only the bits that show , stand to recoup their investment after less than a year 's worth of shirts . |
| 28 | Unfortunately I was not to be with Basil for long , for after less than a year he was appointed as Art Adviser to the West Riding . |
| 29 | A serious crisis erupted within the Janata Dal party ( the main component of the ruling National Front coalition ) in mid-July , and came close to destroying India 's coalition government after less than a year in power . |
| 30 | If Mr Kinnock 's voice is beginning to grate a little after less than a month 's campaigning , is there a risk that the populace as a whole will not take to his Welsh lilt , should he get into Number 10 ? |