Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] than a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had chosen to keep any of the more sensitive invertebrates I would not consider less than a 30 gallon capacity system . |
| 2 | Such a premature baby has less than a 10 per cent chance of survival and a healthy life because the lungs are not fully developed . |
| 3 | She had had fewer than a dozen poems published in magazines — usually small , regional ones — during the twenty-five years she had been writing . |
| 4 | Ownership Tough restrictions on cross-media ownership will prevent national newspaper owners holding more than a 20 per cent stake in television companies , with a similar limitation on cross interests between commercial televison , satellite television and national radio channels . |
| 5 | An open question is one which requires more than a one word or one phrase answer . |
| 6 | It achieved more than a four per cent swing in the West Midlands and won seven of its nine target seats , with only Coventry South West and Dudley West failing to fall . |
| 7 | Er , whether they , a different government would legislate erm , against people having more than a twenty percent stake in er , B Sky B for instance remains to be seen . |
| 8 | They moved more than 3,000 tonnes of soil and sourced more than a 1,000 tonnes of clean building rubble , completing this task by the middle of January 1990 . |
| 9 | It was reported that he had said the Government ‘ had fallen flat on its face in dealing with the situation ’ , adding that law and order did not exist in this country at the moment ; that there could be up to five million illegal immigrants in Britain ; and that judges should be able to impose the death sentence on anyone convicted of an offence carrying more than a fifteen year sentence . |
| 10 | Although no single investor is supposed to have more than a 15 per cent holding the government has indicated that it may waive this requirement . |
| 11 | I had fewer than a hundred rounds for the gun which I kept solely as a deterrent for those remote places where cruising yachtsmen are seen as plump victims , ripe for pillaging , and the Webley offered me good protection for , though the gun was over seventy years old , it was massively built and frighteningly powerful . |
| 12 | The National Unity Party ( NUP ) favoured by the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) military junta suffered a heavy defeat , reportedly receiving less than an 20 per cent of the vote . |
| 13 | 60% of child cycle owners have less than a two kilometre journey to school ; |
| 14 | This means that members in the Republic of Ireland who are over twenty five years of age and have more than a three year no claim bonus have had no increase in premium for over three years and for all other policyholder there has been no increase for over two years . |