Example sentences of "[prep] less than [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A character with Metallurgy will know of the adulteration , one with Numismatics will know the coins are worth less than face value . |
| 2 | If your qualifications are not from the UK , or if you have studied in the UK for less than threee years by the start of the academic year for which you are applying , you are considered an overseas student for the purpose of entrance . |
| 3 | My idea of a truth-and-justice lone avenger never appears in less than platoon strength , preferably nuclear-armed . |
| 4 | The effects ranged from the hilarity and confusion produced by laughing gas ( nitrous oxide in less than anaesthetic doses ) to a simple diminution of the sense of pain by fever-reducing drugs of the coal-tar dyestuffs industry ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 5 | It was abandoned when the new church was built in 1909 and in less than severity years has fallen into complete ruin — a good indication of how severe the Dales weather can be and how quickly buildings succumb to its assault . |
| 6 | ‘ Collusion ’ should , certainly for antitrust purposes , refer to a form of conduct , not the value of an outcome : collusive behaviour might well result in less than monopoly profits . |
| 7 | Race goers are advised not to buy a ticket offered at less than face value , while anyone who 's concerned about a ticket they 've already bought should get in touch with the course . |
| 8 | In the second case , however , compulsory acquisition at less than market price involves an actual loss since the owner is not only deprived of his property but is also compensated at a price which might be less than he paid for it and would almost certainly be insufficient to purchase a similar parcel of land in the open market . |
| 9 | The department may be involved separately in approving particularly large schemes or where projects involve UDCs disposing of land at less than market values . |
| 10 | so erm , in , in some sense , it is with the Secretary of State 's consent , erm , the land was conveyed back at less than market value as it stood , but erm , er , and I guess there are a variety of views on that particular er , aspect of the situation . |