Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] than [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who said the west end 's expensive , at least one place in Soho here today where you can get a square meal for less than two bob . |
| 2 | A surrender value may not be available if premiums have been paid for less than two years . |
| 3 | Had he worked part-time as a traffic clerk or been employed for less than two years by Humberside Heavy Haulage , Peter would not have been entitled to a redundancy payment . |
| 4 | Independent studies suggest that half these 35m are uninsured for less than three months , and 85% for less than two years . |
| 5 | Ms Kiernan finds that unmarried women cohabit , on average , for less than two years . |
| 6 | The imports , costing US$9,000,000 , were enough to cover domestic needs for less than two days . |
| 7 | Scholars of the development of the English language know that generic he has been the undisputed standard usage for less than two centuries . |
| 8 | She 'd been there for less than two weeks when her employers discovered she has leukaemia . |
| 9 | Having known her for less than two months , he was not yet confident of any strong hold on her affections , despite the fact that she seemed quite willing to accept his embraces and kisses . |
| 10 | 100g ( 4 oz ) of cooked white fish provides one third of our total daily requirements for less than 100 calories . |
| 11 | In El Salvador , about half the active agricultural population are employed for less than six months of the year ( Miró and Rodríguez 1982 ) . |
| 12 | The majority of leg ulcers ( 291 : 62 per cent ) had been present for under two years , 48 per cent ( 141 ) of these for less than six months . |
| 13 | In the USA , until 1986 , all gains and losses on futures contracts were taxed at the long-term rate of tax , while gains and losses on shares held for less than six months were taxed at the higher short-term rate . |
| 14 | Nirmal Mukarji resigned as Governor of Punjab on June 2 after holding the post for less than six months [ see p. 37124 for Mukarji 's appointment ] . |
| 15 | About half of the patients had been waiting for their notes for less than six weeks , but 19 had been waiting for over six months , 14 for over a year , and six for over two years . |
| 16 | On 7 February , after the Executive had been in office for less than six weeks , the Prime Minister , Edward Heath , announced that there would be a UK general election on the 28th . |
| 17 | The highest mortality was among those who had had colonic disease for less than six years ( Fig 1 ) , although the CIs of the difference between survival proportions are wide . |
| 18 | She knew that he often slept for less than four hours a night . |
| 19 | In addition , 25% have managed only one issue in the relevant period , and no less than 38% have been in the top 50 for less than four years , excluding those who have established themselves in the last four years . |
| 20 | I had been what I saw as a stop-gap anchor-man for Report , the teatime news programme , for less than eighteen months . |
| 21 | How can we appeal to part time workers and convince them that we can change things for the better , many of whom are home workers who are working in appalling conditions and often for less than fifty pence an hour ? |
| 22 | Ken 's last wish was that his coffin should be carried by six Athletico players but I could not find a single one of the bastards who would do it for less than fifty quid . |
| 23 | At this point Peru had been conquered by Spain , in the name of Christ , for the exploitation of its mineral wealth ( gold and silver ) for less than fifty years . |
| 24 | With an established , respected management company it is unlikely that any band would secure an agreement for less than five years . |
| 25 | However , many trusts have been running for less than five years . |
| 26 | Only 17 per cent of the older workers had been with the company for less than ten years ( only 5 per cent for less than five years ) , while 68 per cent had twenty years or more service . |
| 27 | In 1984–5 , most of the courses in all institutions had been running for less than five years , though about a third of courses in Colleges , including nearly half the B Ed Primary courses had been operating in the way described for more than five years . |
| 28 | Twenty-one of the 127 courses received renewal for less than five years . |
| 29 | There appears to be no significant risk to women who take it for less than five years but the risk does increase slightly between five and ten years , and taking it for more than 15 years gives a higher risk still . |
| 30 | Village fetes , car boot sales and occasional markets are exempt because they are used for less than five days in any five consecutive weeks . |