Example sentences of "[prep] less than a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The established system may let the Conservatives into office with less than half the popular vote , but it also invites the prospect of a future Labour Government elected to office on perhaps 32 per cent of the vote and with the support of less than a quarter of the electorate as a whole . |
| 2 | The Sejm 's draft bill provided for the direct election of less than a quarter of the 460 Sejm deputies , with the remaining seats distributed to parties proportional to the votes won by their national lists of candidates . |
| 3 | To force together two protons that are initially far apart , for example those in two separate hydrogen atoms , is like trying to encourage the two north poles of a pair of magnets to join at a distance of less than a billionth of a millimetre . |
| 4 | The above ‘ recipe ’ describes one group 's insights so far , coming out of less than a decade of such activity . |
| 5 | With less than a minute of the second half played Cork again jumped into the lead with a Thomas Mulcahy goal but Wexford replied immediately and led for the first time when Eamonn Cleary had their only goal in the 37th minute . |
| 6 | Europeans were divided in 1880 into states as small as Montenegro , with less than a quarter of a million inhabitants , and as large as Russia , with between 90 and 100 million . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A third of the women in the ‘ specials ’ are diagnosed as suffering from a psychopathic disorder , compared with less than a quarter of the men . |
| 9 | In countries of labour shortage , undeveloped social hierarchy and a truculent and democratic working population , things might be different ; but in Britain and Germany , France and the Habsburg Empire , unlike Australia or the United States , the suitable maximum for the labouring class was a sufficiency of good decent food ( preferably with less than a sufficiency of strong drink ) , a modestly crowded dwelling , and clothing adequate to protect morals , health and comfort without risking improper emulation of the costume of their betters . |
| 10 | But victory ran true to racing 's adage ‘ there 's nothing like experience ’ because the winner was ridden by Pat Leech , who has ridden more than 150 winners , while the two market leaders were partnered by riders with less than a handful of winners between them . |
| 11 | With less than an hour of daylight remaining , he carried a flashlight — not that it would be of much help with the rain cascading down as if the Maya Rain God had corralled every raincloud in Central America and pulled the plugs out . |
| 12 | The actual distance covered will probably be no more than 2 feet , so it is necessary to respond in less than a quarter of a second in order to avoid being struck . |
| 13 | At the moment , automated workflow is used in less than a quarter of all electronic document management systems ; by 1995 it is projected to have jumped to over three quarters . |
| 14 | In practice they occurred in less than a quarter of the cases recorded by Amnesty International since 1985 . |
| 15 | But this Subject had n't lost him by accident : she had brushed him off within minutes in less than a quarter-mile of straight well-lit street . |
| 16 | If the glider is down wind of the site , the decision to return must be taken before the glider gets to less than an angle of about 20° to the field in light winds , and 30–40° in windy weather . |
| 17 | Talking to our readers , Personnel Managers , we find that they 're having to force most of Britain 's bosses to take time off over less than a quarter of British managers regularly take all their holiday entitlement . |
| 18 | While industry sources suggest up to 200 could be employed , Lesli O'Dowd estimates the likely figure at less than a quarter of that , with perhaps as few as 10–15 jobs for local people . |