Example sentences of "[adv] less than a quarter of " in BNC.
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1 | The radial shields are small , slightly less than a quarter of the disk diameter in length , triangular to irregularly rectangular in shape . |
2 | Gold made up less than a quarter of the Company 's exports from West Africa ; its charter recognized recent changes in trading patterns by laying down that the Company was to provide slaves for the English colonies in the Caribbean , and then giving it a monopoly of the trade . |
3 | In all , a little less than a quarter of a mile 's walk , though it felt like a marathon . |
4 | This gives a time of about 1.3 seconds for head movements , rather less than a quarter of the earlier figure . |
5 | The reef was now less than a quarter of a mile away . |
6 | For example in Wales there are now less than a quarter of the district councils which were previously in existence . |