Example sentences of "[prep] less [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a selection of strains with less than their normal complement of plasmids . |
| 2 | So one night , when she had jacked into the sudden heavenly night inside her , Chesarynth watched Friend appear with less than her usual eagerness . |
| 3 | It should be noted that the delivery times recorded were achieved despite the fact that , owing to illness and vacation , the Book Fetching Unit was operating with less than its normal complement of staff throughout the periods of the Survey . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Andrus , with less than his usual certainty . |
| 5 | But the cruellest experiences the victim 's pain however great as less than his own enhancement of power however small , so that the suffering of a victim who is being crippled for life may be deliberately empathized by the torturer , but as less than his own titillation , which he may have forgotten by the time he goes home to lunch . |
| 6 | The next issue is whether the managers benefit from their position as directors or employees so as to acquire something for less than its full market value . |
| 7 | Most of the money is owed by people whose homes have been repossessed and sold for less than their outstanding mortgage . |
| 8 | Tyminski had accused Mazowiecki of being a party to the " treasonous " sale of state-owned enterprises to foreigners allegedly for less than their true value [ see p. 37840 ] . |
| 9 | ( i ) any goods listed above are sold to a bidder for less than his highest bid or part of the price is repaid or credited to him ( or stated to be so ) ; or ( ii ) the right to bid for any goods listed above is ( or is stated to be ) restricted to persons who have bought or agreed to buy one or more articles ; or ( iii ) any articles are given away or offered as gifts . |
| 10 | Peter Roebuck might not have looked 13 in 1969 , but then he could well be taken for less than his 36 years now . |
| 11 | Indemnity policies protect the lender , not the borrower , so if you failed to keep up mortgage payments and the house had to be sold for less than your outstanding debt , the insurance company would pay the lender the difference , but might sue you for that amount ! |
| 12 | It is possible that the increase in the value of the company was justified , but it is also possible to understand accusations that this represented yet another privatised company sold at less than its real value . |