Example sentences of "[coord] in less [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |