Example sentences of "[vb -s] less [subord] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He now has less than a month to ‘ re-engage ’ the negotiations before the United States imposes a savage and crippling 200pc trade tariff on £200m of imported European goods . |
2 | At just £5.99 the Blitzer costs less than a can of airbrush propellant ! |
3 | A round of bullets costs less than a packet of cigarettes . |
4 | That represents less than a quarter of the student population affected by the benefit changes . |
5 | Yet Israel occupies less than a quarter of the mandatory territory controlled by Britain after the first world war . |
6 | The policy speech comes less than a month before the likely date for ministers to set out the balance of subjects in the new curriculum for Scots children aged between five and 14 . |
7 | The news comes less than a month after the release of his latest acclaimed opus , ‘ Jehovakill ’ , and the announcement that three Town & Country club shows had sold out prior to the tour being pulled . |