Example sentences of "is [adv] [subord] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , the difference is less than one point . |
| 2 | A new report from the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food estimates that the average intake of dioxins in the gut in the UK is less than one quarter of the World Health Organisation 's ( WHO ) Tolerable Daily Intake ( TDI ) . |
| 3 | With VR2 providing minimum resistance the time period is less than one second but at maximum resistance , it is four minutes approximately . |
| 4 | From there it is less than one Cessna hour to see from air the Bay of Islands , the Waitangi Treaty House ( where the historic treaty between Maori and British was signed ) , Cape Brett ( with its remarkable rocky island that has a hole in it you can sail ships right through ) , and thousands of acres of primeval forests of kauri trees . |
| 5 | A reasonable offer may well be accepted , particularly where the area of the whole property is less than one acre , owner-occupied , and therefore exempt from tax . |
| 6 | The world has always looked to Britain for stability , inventiveness and general mental agility , yet our National Prestige is low , our currency is less than one third of its immediate post-war value against the dollar and can not be explained entirely as a result of market speculation . |
| 7 | Despite its persistence , much of the pack at any time is less than one year old , averaging 1–2 m thick . |
| 8 | If we add up the masses of all the stars that we can see in our galaxy and other galaxies , the total is less than one hundredth of the amount required to halt the expansion of the universe , even for the lowest estimate of the rate of expansion . |
| 9 | Provided that the value of is less than one , the effect of the positive value of will gradually become negligible . |
| 10 | This being one of several experiments , involving a limited number of people , its location can be Britain provided the total duration of the course is less than one year and that participants are those who are rooted in action in their own countries . ’ |
| 11 | The Treasury demand equations incorporate own-price elasticities for spirits and wines which are greater than unity ( demand is sensitive to price ) and an own-price elasticity for beer which is less than one ( demand is not sensitive to price ) . |
| 12 | This is less than one . |
| 13 | As Mr pointed out in outline , our county estate of some eight thousand acres of which only three quarters or roughly six thousand acres is suitable for hunting , is less than one percent of the county 's acreage of six hundred and fifty thousand . |
| 14 | A newsletter in 1964 complains that ‘ it is clear that the requested £10 per annum is more than one group can manage . ’ |
| 15 | There is more than one Roth . |
| 16 | Cables are dangerous , and where there is more than one cable it is important to keep the glider straight and well clear of any other cable . |
| 17 | This is especially evident when there is more than one sergeant and there happens to be a clash of personality and leadership style between them , although senior managers within the station are sensitive to this sort of problem and switch sergeants about when it occurs . |
| 18 | It is that there is no community to appeal to ; for the phenomenon itself is the evidence that there is more than one community , or a divided community . |
| 19 | The fact is that in some countries there is more than one party affiliated to the Socialist International . |
| 20 | There is more than one way to tackle this problem , but a very widely used and mathematically elegant technique called multi-dimensional scaling can help us . |
| 21 | In fact it is more than one book . |
| 22 | There is more than one way in which animals can congregate in the dark , or in the light . |
| 23 | Actions become sign whenever there is more than one person present to read the action ( p. 18 ) . |
| 24 | The scan will show the position of the baby in the womb , and will also identify whether there is more than one child present . |
| 25 | These , again , show a remarkable variation between Slovenia , where there is clearly ‘ full employment ’ , and Kosovo , where there is more than one job-seeker for every two workers at present employed in the social sector . |
| 26 | there is more than one experience against which to test the candidate . |
| 27 | the ingredients that have been used to make it — if there is more than one |
| 28 | With these restrictions , anaphor resolution will consist of an alternation in which the focus process suggests one or more candidates at a time and the reasoner evaluates them , deciding whether they are plausible and , if there is more than one , which is the best . |
| 29 | As shown even by the very simple models here , narrowly-defined self-interest can be self-defeating once there is more than one ‘ player ’ . |
| 30 | Everything has obviously been well prepared both technically and musically ( not the remotest suspicion of a studio run-through ) , and the orchestra sound really fired up , which is more than one can say about a disturbingly large number of recordings which have emerged over the last few years ! |