Example sentences of "[be] [verb] less than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm taking less than the men I employ , ’ he said . |
| 2 | they 're being paid less than the N H S |
| 3 | She had worked hard to achieve qualification in the contracts and purchasing side of engineering , but , in her present job , she was using less than a quarter of her skills . |
| 4 | Japan 's devastation of a country which had lost to Namibia on the eve of the World Cup was noting less than a scandal and a disgrace to international rugby . |
| 5 | You will not be told how much he earns ; but you will be told that the reports of £1 million a year are exaggerated and distorted ( half that is nearer the mark ) ; you will be told , too , that in his fourth year at the Bar he was earning less than a Manchester bus driver — without overtime . |
| 6 | The entire process was to take less than a month . |