Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] less [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years . |
| 2 | There were not so many of them : five , to be precise , and one of those was Charles , and another her first husband Edgar Lintot , to whom she had remained married for less than a year . |
| 3 | CAFE Quick is a state-of-the-art vending machine which dispenses freshly cooked meals from frozen in less than a minute . |
| 4 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 5 | The use of prohibitions was either barred or restricted in certain cases — in those concerned with less than a quarter of the tithes of a parish , and with violence against the clergy , for example . |
| 6 | Rugby lead 16–10 with less than a minute to go but a try under the posts brought a defeat by 17–16 that in David Ray 's words ‘ … did not seem to matter ’ . |
| 7 | And Reid denies that Dalglish 's massive transfer splurge — he has spent more than £10 million in less than a year — has sent the market mad . |
| 8 | A third of Spain 's workers have contracts of employment valid for less than a year , living in permanent insecurity about being laid off . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll be dead in less than a year . |
| 10 | The latest decrease in the bank 's Short Term Facility — of 0.5pc to a new rate of 10.25pc — was the third in less than a month , and the second in a week . |