Example sentences of "[be] less [subord] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | But if you are less than a writer of near genius , can you by simply describing what your policemen do , hold your readers spellbound ? |
2 | If anyone is less than a metre behind you , you lose a point ; if you are less than a metre behind anyone else , you gain a point . " |
3 | They were less than a quarter of a kilometre from the castle . |
4 | Santorini is less than a couple of miles from where you 're sitting . |
5 | That fee is less than a quarter of the £300,000 Bassett paid Arsenal nearly two years ago , yet there are still no takers . |
6 | If anyone is less than a metre behind you , you lose a point ; if you are less than a metre behind anyone else , you gain a point . " |
7 | Johanna 's home is less than a mile from the spot where her body was found . |
8 | An incident room staffed by 30 officers working full time on the case is being run at Martlesham police headquarters , which is less than a mile from the scene of crime . |
9 | Indeed , the current legal minimum allowance of 450 square centimetres per bird gives the bird a space which is less than a page of this magazine . |