Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] time than [pron] " in BNC.

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1 In France , Bernard found himself with more time than he had ever been used to in his working life ; after his hour-long morning telephone call to John James the day stretched ahead .
2 This is only true if the image is projected for less time than it takes for the eye to move .
3 This is only true if the image is projected for less time than it takes for the eye to move .
4 In the branch of the Banco dell'Annunziazione a girl , whose face was a mask of disappointment nobly borne and from whose carmined lips dangled a cigarette miraculously balancing a tube of ash , clattered calculations as she stood before an upright typewriter and , in less time than she had expected , Molly was in possession of a mound of hundred thousand lire notes .
5 Charlotte was counting the seconds until he should extricate himself , and he did it in less time than she had expected , and without even the pretence of sitting down with her .
6 At sunset the slabbish , orange peaks had appeared like ghosts out of the clouds and then , in less time than it took to wind on a camera , swirled away again .
7 P.S. A rainforest tree can be felled with a chainsaw in less time than it has taken you to read this letter .
8 The business of the audition is squeezed into all this in less time than it takes to shake a leg .
9 They can work at speed , and make several passes in less time than it would take to plough the same area with mould-board equipment .
10 The airport is 20 minutes from the middle of town and you are in your hotel in less time than it takes to get your luggage at Heathrow .
11 It is usually possible to read subtitles in less time than it takes the characters to complete the exchange .
12 In less time than it takes to master the rules of Kabaddi , a steaming sandwich and a matching beer were pushed before me .
13 Ian can blast this cruise missile on wheels to 100mph in less time than it takes the average family car to reach 30mph .
14 Emmie thought she could probably go to sleep in less time than anyone else in the world .
15 The pilots drew cards for their turn and , in less time than you would believe , crews were made up and never a complaint thereafter .
16 Kafka could have felt no more trepidation at that time than I , though I covered my nervousness by giggling at Maté 's latest joke .
17 I felt embarrassed : clearly we had seen more of Flora at this time than I remembered .
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