Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] less [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The condition that the mean lifetime wealth converges is that , which requires in effect that the intrinsic growth of capital ( ) should be less than the growth of population . |
| 2 | Therefore , the condition for that balance of restraint from which we started out is that W < D , that is the value of winning the resource must be less than the cost of injury . |
| 3 | In this simple approach to open.loop control there are three basic control functions : ( a ) stepping rate : sets the motor speed , which must be less than the start/stop rate , ( h ) phase sequencing : ensures that the motor phases are excited in the order corresponding to the required direction of rotation , ( c ) step counting : records the number of steps taken by the motor and inhibits the step commands when the target position is attained . |
| 4 | For effective filtering , the ripple frequency must be very much lower than the frequency at which the series inductance becomes troublesome , and ideally the ESR must be less than the ratio of the specified ripple voltage to the ripple current . |
| 5 | Expressions such as " to insure adequately " and " to insure to the full value of the property " should be amended as the former covenant could be complied with if the cover equates to that recommended by the insurance company , and the latter could be interpreted as meaning the full market value of the property and , as such , could be less than the cost of reinstatement . |
| 6 | These primordial black holes could be less than the size of the nucleus of an atom , yet their mass could be a billion tons , the mass of Mount Fuji . |
| 7 | In the building trade it is well known that the cost of building a new building may be less than the cost of modifying an old one . |
| 8 | For example , the cost of buying a component externally may be less than the cost of making the component however , the potential supplier may have a history of poor industrial relations which may jeopardize supplies periodically ; this factor may be significant in the decision to make or buy . |
| 9 | As in the civil sector , the gap in know-how may be less than the gap in the technological level of what is produced ; often a conscious decision is made to forego the most advanced option . |
| 10 | This means that when the star got sufficiently dense , the repulsion caused by the exclusion principle would be less than the attraction of gravity . |
| 11 | With respect to Fig. 9–12(b) he argues that , if the indifference curves shown related to ineligibles , then the utility gain from attempting to consume this good would be less than the utility gain from falsely claiming a cash transfer . |
| 12 | However , the price P C will be less than the firm 's average costs at Q ' ; so it will be making losses . |
| 13 | Other price rises will be less than the rate of inflation . |
| 14 | Secondly , if there is a rotation axis relating three or more CO ligands , the number of bands will be less than the number of ligands because some modes will be degenerate . |
| 15 | If now the liquid is brought into contact with the solid , so as to wet it , then the energy of the interface between the solid and the liquid will be less than the sum of surface energies of the two surfaces when they are in contact with air . |