Example sentences of "in [det] than [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have seen in this chapter how , in less than half a century , man 's view of the universe , formed over millennia , has been transformed . |
| 2 | Over the radio we hear him snorting around , and we get too much scratching from when his jacket material rubs against the mike , but in less than half a minute he emerges onto the main road . |
| 3 | But in less than half an hour , the country people dispersed themselves , when the garrison of the castle fired a ten-gun battery upon them , which it is believed killed several . |
| 4 | They reached Los Ilusiones in less than half an hour . |
| 5 | In less than half an hour they were all airborne and Rob was flying on his seventeenth raid over occupied Europe . |
| 6 | They will be there in less than half an hour . |
| 7 | In less than half an hour , the rapture has vanished into the ether , and Highbury is once more what I have always known it to be — a refuge for depressives and malcontents , whingers and whiners . |
| 8 | ‘ Cai n't even cross a road in less than half an hour in this state . |
| 9 | Khmer Rouge soldiers , who were present in less than half the provincial districts last November , had established a foothold in almost every district by polling day . |
| 10 | All these functions can be combined to give you the advantages of traditional cooking in less than half the normal cooking time . |
| 11 | Why keep wasting 13 years when Labour can prove the same point in less than half the time . |
| 12 | Its construction results in more than half the original garden area of the house being covered by buildings ( particularly relevant |
| 13 | In more than half the cases where the occupations of grandparents are mentioned , this is partly because the father followed a grandfather in his own work . |
| 14 | A change of policy was adopted which resulted in more than half the staff working in areas of economic importance . |
| 15 | The successful vote on energy policy reflected the broad national consensus which had developed since the issue was last addressed in a referendum in 1983 , when the proposal failed to secure a majority in more than half the cantons as required [ see p. 32643 ] . |
| 16 | In the study area what actually happened was that food crops were displaced from the head to the end of the fertilizer rotation in more than half the cases . |
| 17 | Looking at the overseas receipts for UK financial institutions , two transport-related bodies , the Baltic Exchange , whose members are involved in more than half the world 's international ship chartering business , and Lloyd 's register of Shipping figure prominently . |