Example sentences of "[conj] less [subord] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commissions are to strive to ensure that no constituency varies from this quota by more or less than a quarter of it . |
| 2 | Nor did it escape the notice of other critics of the Association that a handbill , lengthily entitled " A Dialogue between Tom and Harry on the Duties of Seamen and the Just and Equitable Rewards for their Services " , was in practice nothing more or less than a statement of union policy on bargaining with shipowners and published in this form only to avoid the appearance that the Standard was more than an innocent friendly society . |
| 3 | In early studies it was called the residual — as such , it had more direct meaning , being no more nor less than a bundle of factors which can not be quantified individually . |
| 4 | Similarly Norway claims that less than a quarter of its acid rain is home produced , the main culprit being the UK though this is disputed by the UK Central Electricity Generating Board . |
| 5 | Issuing from the loch is the River Arkaig , crossing a narrow strip of land and less than a mile in length before entering Loch Lochy . |
| 6 | Their lodgings lay almost in the shadow of the Stefansdom , the great cathedral dominating the centre of the city , and less than a mile from the Theatre an der Wien . |
| 7 | That same night , at that same moment , and less than a mile from the Zoo , one other living creature was thinking of Minch . |
| 8 | At present north Belfast and Newtownabbey contain less than five per cent of the office space in Greater Belfast : much less than is contained in the small area around the university and less than a quarter of that found in east Belfast . |
| 9 | The defeat deprived the garrisons in Aquitaine of the reinforcements they needed , and less than a month after the destruction of Pembroke 's fleet du Guesclin entered Poitiers . |
| 10 | Also in relation to the United States , Brody ( 1981 ) offers evidence from a three-generation study of women that the youngest generation felt more strongly than the other two about ‘ grandfilial responsibility ’ , three-quarters of them saying that older people should expect help from their grandchildren , whereas less than a quarter of the oldest generation took this view . |
| 11 | After less than a half-hour of sitting alone he would grow restless , scatter his books untidily about the table and disappear outside . |
| 12 | A serious crisis erupted within the Janata Dal party ( the main component of the ruling National Front coalition ) in mid-July , and came close to destroying India 's coalition government after less than a year in power . |
| 13 | Nagaland 's United Legislature Front ( ULF ) government led by K. L. Chisi collapsed on June 13 after less than a month in office [ see p. 37452 for formation of ULF government from a coalition of Congress ( I ) defectors and the Nagaland People 's Council — NPC ] . |