Example sentences of "[conj] in less [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Christopher Martin-Jenkins succinctly summed up the situation when commenting that in less than a year England had been outplayed by the entire subcontinent . |
2 | Despite these particular difficulties with older urban areas , it is generally true to say that in less than a decade the Dutch created and adopted a revolutionary residential environment which , even in car-dominated cities , displayed many of the benefits of the street in the pre-motorised era . |
3 | I learned from local hoteliers the staggering statistics that in less than a decade , the number of hotel rooms nearby had increased from 70 to 800 . |
4 | And in less than a year after that the Secretary of State may make it clear that our client group is radically changed and moved |
5 | The engine leapt , shouted , and was tamed , and in less than a minute we had taken off from the little beach and were circling the island . |
6 | As soon as Luce had been helped in and settled the gondolier plied his oar , and in less than a minute they were on the Grand Canal . |
7 | And in less than no time the weeks passed and the memories of that dreaded party were only a vaguely uneasy thought in the sealed-off recesses of Robyn 's mind . |
8 | The wind turned colder , with a scatter of rain , and in less than an hour it was dark . |
9 | But in less than a year Poland and Hungary had proved otherwise ‘ and now you have the strongest of the strong , the East Germans , jumping out like water from a bucket with a hole in it . |
10 | Colin French walked out of court this afternoon — flanked by police for his own protection — but in less than a month he could be behind bars . |
11 | But in less than an hour he was back , and he looked very afraid . |