Example sentences of "to [det] than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From 1989 to 1991 , Italy and the USSR decreased their contributions ; their joint share fell from a half to less than a quarter . |
| 2 | Now the proportion is down to less than a quarter , and falling . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ We have targeted this and we will look next at reducing waiting times to 18 months across the board and eventually hope to get it down to less than a year . ’ |
| 4 | Electromagnetic waves with lengths ranging from several kilometres to less than a metre can be picked up by tuning a radio into long or short wavebands . |
| 5 | And some London pubs have slashed their prices from £1.70 a pint to less than a pound . |
| 6 | It is important , though , to limit the size of the plans ( e.g. , to less than a page each ) , so that you keep a simple overview . |
| 7 | If the glider is down wind of the site , the decision to return must be taken before the glider gets to less than an angle of about 20° to the field in light winds , and 30–40° in windy weather . |
| 8 | Whether this amounts to more than a row of beans these days is questionable . |
| 9 | Some sufferers , again particularly the juveniles and also those suffering severely from eating disorders — compulsive over-eating , anorexia or bulimia — may require long-term ( from a minimum of three months to more than a year ) support in a half-way house . |
| 10 | The number of patients waiting at the end of last year rose to 990 and the average waiting time had risen from 35 weeks to more than a year . |
| 11 | The number of patients waiting at the end of last year rose to 990 and the average waiting time had risen from 35 weeks to more than a year . |
| 12 | With a burden of about 150 kilograms — equal to more than a quarter of its body weight — a camel burns only around 15 per cent more fuel than it burns unladen . |
| 13 | Her book sales amounted to more than a quarter of a million . |
| 14 | Their accession on July 22 to ASEAN 's Treaty of Amity and Co-Operation signalled an end to more than a decade of hostility between them and their non-communist neighbours . |
| 15 | Group size is very small , rarely amounting to more than a singleton or a mother with a dependent infant . |
| 16 | One of the principal problems facing anglers fishing on Benbecula and the Uists , is knowing where to begin ; there are so many fine waters to choose from and never enough time to do proper justice to more than a handful . |
| 17 | Right : A tropical chiggoe flea that has burrowed into the sole of a foot , gorged itself , laid eggs and been squeezed out , having grown from less than one millimetre wide to more than a centimetre . |
| 18 | A failure to understand this essential point could lead to more than a trade war . |
| 19 | But he has not convinced his hometown audience that the larger goal of the Gulf war — the crafting of a new world order — amounts to more than a string of words . |
| 20 | Regretting ‘ that he had no power to send him to prison without the option of a fine ’ , the magistrate imposed a fine of 40 shillings ( probably amounting to more than a month 's wages ) or twenty-one days ' hard labour . |