Example sentences of "is less [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chance of getting infected from a pint of blood is less than 1 in a million . |
| 2 | The critic 's standing is thereby reduced , and the description or evaluation of the prize works is less than likely to be uninfluenced by their new position . |
| 3 | Be very clear , he wrote : I do not feel that it is time and thought wasted because the end result is less than I had hoped . |
| 4 | Raw linseed may be better on light coloured woods because its darkening effect is less than boiled oil . |
| 5 | The mosfet is less than 1µm wide and operates at liquid nitrogen temperatures ( -196°C ) . |
| 6 | If the new resolution is less than the original , you can show part of the original at full resolution , and pan it around if appropriate , or compress it to make it all visible . |
| 7 | The PCB content is less than one-fiftieth of the American breathing air standard . |
| 8 | In common with several top players , Lendl is less than enamoured of the delays in promulgating a set of rules for the Tour which meet the desires of the competitors . |
| 9 | ‘ He knows he could not find an independent panel anywhere in Britain which would accept it is right to make an offer which is less than the rate of inflation to people who work in a service which is already underpaid and understaffed . ’ |
| 10 | The great majority of teaching is at least satisfactory , but 10-20 per cent is less than satisfactory ‘ in some important respects ’ . |
| 11 | The craft of caring for clothes vanished with the ladies ' maid and the most common modern method of storage — hanging them , shrouded in plastic , on a wire coathanger — is less than ideal . |
| 12 | It is Scottish Opera policy to present their operas in English , and while this can make lengthy recitatives comprehensible to those of us whose Italian is less than fluent , I can see no other advantage . |
| 13 | If it is less than the level at which NI contributions must be paid , your employee can not get SSP . |
| 14 | If it is less than the lower earnings limit which applied in the QW , your employee can not get SMP . |
| 15 | If it is less than the lower earnings limit which applied in the QW , your employee is not entitled to SMP . |
| 16 | What this rejection consists in , however , is less than clear . |
| 17 | His mother is less than willing to be involved , ignoring him in favour of the in-flight mag — an in-depth article on drainage ditch construction in the Middle East is far more interesting to her than her child 's welfare . |
| 18 | Ben Nevis was a long drag ; Snowdon is less than half the height and there you cheat by starting at 300 metres . |
| 19 | These ultradian rhythms are present in adults also , even though their amplitude is less than that of the 24-hour rhythm . |
| 20 | Anybody whose income is less than this will get full family credit . |
| 21 | Anybody whose income is less than this will get full family credit . |
| 22 | Anybody whose income is less than this will get full family credit . |
| 23 | The commentary urges caution when comparing the province 's crime rate with others , but says : ‘ The level of criminal activity in Northern Ireland is less than in some ostensibly more peaceful countries . ’ |
| 24 | In France the proportion is less than a fifth . |
| 25 | True , they have D-marks , though their pay is less than half that in the west , and in principle full rights under the constitution . |
| 26 | One barometer of health — LTOM 's volume of contracts traded compared with the volume of underlying stocks — is less than half of that at the European Options Exchange in Amsterdam or the Chicago Board Options Exchange . |
| 27 | For a tenant to claim the benefits of the Act he must show that his tenancy is of a house , that it was originally granted for more than twenty-one years , that the rent payable is less than two-thirds of its rateable value , and that the rateable value is itself not in excess of certain modest limits . |
| 28 | His courtesy demands that he is less than candid . |
| 29 | Reported cases are small in number , and it may be true that in some ( not all ) of these cases the degree of trauma suffered by the wife is less than if the rape had been by another man ; but abolition of the marital-rape exemption is surely important as a statement of the married woman 's autonomy and freedom of choice in sexual matters . |
| 30 | Ideally , provided you are not ill , you can continue with some exercise , even if it is less than you are used to . |