Example sentences of "[art] [adv] less than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each of 1986 and 1987 , a little less than a couple of dozen suspects would seem to have been detained long into the fourth day in the London area ( Metropolitan Police Commissioner , 1987 , 1988 ) . |
| 2 | In all , a little less than a quarter of a mile 's walk , though it felt like a marathon . |
| 3 | A little less than a year ago , the Labour leader of Leeds City Council , Jon Trickett , unveiled plans for a transformation of the city 's central shopping streets . |
| 4 | Despite a tug of interest he moved away , and after a little less than a minute Alison returned . |
| 5 | Diderot was a provincial , from Langres in Champagne , where his father was a master cutler , who would eventually leave him a comfortable inheritance , a little less than the salary of a professor at the Sorbonne . |
| 6 | He stayed in the overtaking lane , averaging only a little less than the car 's maximum speed , the quadruple headlights sweeping a path for the commanding prow of the Jaguar . |