Example sentences of "[be] less than the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The objective is to confirm that all response times are less than the agreed target , and that response times for identical processes are consistent . |
| 2 | Alternatively , the rate of marine erosion at the base of the cliffs may be less than the general rate of subaerial denudation over the whole cliff . |
| 3 | Trolls must be organised into units of the same type , but the number of Trolls in a unit can be less than the normal minimum of five models . |
| 4 | A number of those on income support will find that the compensatory payments to cover their 20 per cent poll tax contribution will be less than the actual contribution they have to make . |
| 5 | The price at which a participant may acquire ordinary shares in the Company ( ‘ shares ’ ) on the exercise of an option shall be determined by the Directors but shall not be less than the middle market quotation of a share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the last dealing day before eligible employees are invited to apply for options ( or , if higher , the nominal value of a share ) , or , if certain specified conditions are satisfied , 85% of such figure ( ‘ Discounted Options ’ ) . |
| 6 | Since the long-run apc is the same for both samples , we would predict that the measured apc of the families with above-average measured incomes would be less than the measured apc of the families with below-average measured incomes . |
| 7 | Clearly , such resources will always be less than the total need for management development , so hard decisions about selective investment will continue to be required . |
| 8 | The total value of a player 's army may be less than the agreed value , and will often be a few points short simply because there is nothing left to spend the few remaining points on . |
| 9 | The total value of a player 's army may be less than the agreed value , and will often be a few points short simply because there is nothing left to spend the odd point on . |
| 10 | Recall that in a group of families with above-average measured incomes , Y > Y p — this means that the measured apc ( = C/ Y ) will necessarily be less than the long-run apc ( = C/ Y p ) . |
| 11 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 12 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 13 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 14 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 15 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 16 | ( The dynamical friction time varies inversely with the galaxy mass and must be less than the cosmological time . ) |
| 17 | So , to the extent that changes in Y t are due to such changes in v t rather than will appear to be unaffected by expected income as we measure it , and therefore we shall obtain an estimate of α 1 which will tend to be less than the true value of α : 1 . |
| 18 | Hence in the early years of the life of a fixed asset the taxable profit may be less than the reported profit before tax . |
| 19 | In practice the price obtained will be less than the generating cost , so as a business proposition it is a non-starter . |
| 20 | The marginal value of the last film would be less than the marginal value of the meals that could have been produced by transferring resources to the meals industry . |
| 21 | Their life expectancy may be less than the national average , and they may be more susceptible to illness and disease . |
| 22 | Example 4:3 Index-linked rent : upwards only YIELDING AND PAYING the annual sum of £ … ( " the basic rent " ) payable quarterly in advance on the 25th of March the 24th of June the 29th of September and the 25th of December in each year and in addition such sum payable on each of the above dates in advance ( " the index-linked rent " ) as bears the same proportion to one quarter of the basic rent as is borne by the figure shown in the General Index of Retail Prices ( " the index " ) for the month immediately preceding the months in which payment of any particular instalment of rent is due to the figure ( which is the figure shown in that index for the month of … ) minus one quarter of the basic rent PROVIDED THAT ( 1 ) if after the date of this lease the index is calculated by reference to a different base date or base figure then the index-linked rent shall be calculated as if that change had not taken place ( 2 ) if the index ceases to be published or if for any reason it becomes impossible or impracticable to calculate the index-linked rent then either the landlord or the tenant may by notice require the rent to be thenceforth reviewed at such times and in such manner as may be agreed between them or in default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall have regard to market practice prevailing at the time of such notice in relation to new lettings of property of the same type as the demised property ( 3 ) in no circumstances shall the total rent payable under this lease be less than the basic rent |
| 23 | From ( 8.18 ) above , this requires the futures price to be less than the expecked spot price . |
| 24 | In Figure 8.2 the algorithm will initially take the leftmost path but will then backtrack and eventually take the correct , rightmost path , because the estimate for the rightmost path is less than the actual cost of any other path . |
| 25 | Barro obtains a value of 1.4 for his test statistic , which is less than the critical value under the F distribution with 3 and 19 degrees of freedom at the 5 per cent significance level . |
| 26 | But at the output Q , person 2 's marginal private benefit is only P 2 , which is less than the current price P 1 . |
| 27 | But other schemes are less contentious : partly because the extra money gained from child benefits and other payments which favour lone parents is less than the extra money lone parents gain when the whole household is living on supplementary benefit ; and partly because the public tolerates laxer or more generous administration in other schemes than it is prepared to tolerate when it comes to means-tested benefits for the poor . |
| 28 | The calculated value is less than the upper limit from Mariner 10 , indicating that Mercury is close to hydrostatic equilibrium . |
| 29 | But in 1983–7 the real ( volume ) increase in funds first fell to zero , then fell absolutely , then rose at a rate lower than 1 per cent — that is less than the increasing trend to an ageing population required to sustain standards ( Kings Fund Institute , 1988 ; Owens and Glennerster , 1990 ) . |
| 30 | Recall that in a boom year , aggregate measured income exceeds aggregate permanent income so that the measured apc is less than the long-run apc , while in a slump year ( where Y < Y p ) the measured apc is greater than the long-run apc . |