Example sentences of "[coord] less [conj] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commissions are to strive to ensure that no constituency varies from this quota by more or less than a quarter of it . |
| 2 | Nor did it escape the notice of other critics of the Association that a handbill , lengthily entitled " A Dialogue between Tom and Harry on the Duties of Seamen and the Just and Equitable Rewards for their Services " , was in practice nothing more or less than a statement of union policy on bargaining with shipowners and published in this form only to avoid the appearance that the Standard was more than an innocent friendly society . |
| 3 | In early studies it was called the residual — as such , it had more direct meaning , being no more nor less than a bundle of factors which can not be quantified individually . |
| 4 | Issuing from the loch is the River Arkaig , crossing a narrow strip of land and less than a mile in length before entering Loch Lochy . |
| 5 | Their lodgings lay almost in the shadow of the Stefansdom , the great cathedral dominating the centre of the city , and less than a mile from the Theatre an der Wien . |
| 6 | That same night , at that same moment , and less than a mile from the Zoo , one other living creature was thinking of Minch . |
| 7 | At present north Belfast and Newtownabbey contain less than five per cent of the office space in Greater Belfast : much less than is contained in the small area around the university and less than a quarter of that found in east Belfast . |
| 8 | The defeat deprived the garrisons in Aquitaine of the reinforcements they needed , and less than a month after the destruction of Pembroke 's fleet du Guesclin entered Poitiers . |