Example sentences of "[prep] less than [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar measures have been proposed for diplomas awarded after less than three years ' training . |
| 2 | Studies published in the late sixties reported that asthmatic women were more likely to have babies of less than 37 weeks ' gestation than non-asthmatic women . |
| 3 | They showed a reduction in incidence of such haemorrhages in vaginally delivered infants of less than 35 weeks ' gestation with a one minute delay in cord clamping . |
| 4 | The Fledgling Award , worth £4,000 , went to Meteor of Cookstown for a business with less than three years ' trading and outstanding prospects . |
| 5 | First , all new entrants to full-time further education who have not had pre-service training and with less than three years ' teaching experience should take a systematic induction training course . |
| 6 | This was not done for players with less than ten years ' service and a longer period was usually required . |
| 7 | e ) are the only benefits payable under the Scheme in the case of an officer who leaves the Service with less than 2 years ' reckonable service . |
| 8 | Besides , say the Liberal Club 's supporters , Civic Forum has a responsibility to carry out its programme and must continue to function until the next general election , in less than two years ' time . |
| 9 | Maybe , she thought with an acrobatic leap of logic , this was by way of telling her that she should start acclimatising herself to her old way of life , because that was where she would be in less than two days ' time . |
| 10 | In less than six hours ' time — and there it would still be night — he would be attempting to scale the steel wall , trying not to get crushed against it . |
| 11 | With a little practice you should be able to brew 40 pints of good cheap beer in less than three hours ' work . |