Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] less [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore the increase in numbers to a hundred , for this particular rule , seems to be a logical move , as a branch with less than fifty would be unrepresentative of the G M B both from a democracy point of view and an administration point of view where cost plays an enormo important role . |
| 2 | CITES , which is run on a budget of less than $3m a year , is facing a financial crisis . |
| 3 | The sentencer regarded the case as an exceptional one The Court considered that it had many exceptional features which would allow a sentencer to reduce the sentence which would otherwise have been imposed , but it was seldom in such a case that a sentence of less than seven years would be appropriate . |
| 4 | On the basis of such calculations John Ellis , head of theory at CERN , offers two-to-one odds that the Higgs has a mass of less than 200 billion electron volts ( 200GeV , 0.2TeV ) — or , if there is no simple Higgs , that some other mechanism that performs its function can be found at around that energy . |
| 5 | EARLY FETAL DEATH — Death of a fetus of less than 20 weeks of gestation . |
| 6 | Organising a wedding in less than six to nine months can be done , but it means more pressure on your nerves and possibly your pocket . |
| 7 | The opinion polls suggest a gap of less than one percentage point between the ruling Socialists and the conservatives of the opposition People 's Party . |
| 8 | The glacier , it seemed , spread out into the river and squeezed it into a gap of less than 250 yards . |
| 9 | As a result of bargaining between these two main parties the PRI secured the preservation of the " governability " clauses which granted the party winning most votes in the legislative elections an absolute majority , even with a vote of less than 50 per cent ; the PAN ensured that the threshold at which these clauses became applicable was raised from 17 per cent to 35 per cent of the vote . |
| 10 | Given these crushing disadvantages and a term of less than two and a half years , it is perhaps not surprising that Ford 's presidency was a failure . |
| 11 | Thus as was reaffirmed recently in Crago v Julian [ 1992 ] 1 WLR 373 CA leases for a term of less than three years , although they may be created orally , can only be assigned by deed . |
| 12 | Further , there is an obligation upon landlords , of premises let for a term of less than seven years , to maintain in a state of repair the basic structure and services of the property : |
| 13 | 13 ( 1 ) Section 11 ( repairing obligations ) applies to a lease of a dwelling house granted on or after 24th October 1961 for a term of less than seven years . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) In determining whether a lease is one to which section 11 applies — ( b ) a lease which is determinable at the option of the lessor before the expiration of seven years from the commencement of the term shall be treated as a lease for a term of less than seven years , and ( c ) a lease ( other than a lease to which paragraph ( b ) applies ) shall not be treated as a lease for a term of less than seven years if it confers on the lessee an option for renewal for a term which , together with the original term , amounts to seven years or more . |
| 15 | ( 2 ) In determining whether a lease is one to which section 11 applies — ( b ) a lease which is determinable at the option of the lessor before the expiration of seven years from the commencement of the term shall be treated as a lease for a term of less than seven years , and ( c ) a lease ( other than a lease to which paragraph ( b ) applies ) shall not be treated as a lease for a term of less than seven years if it confers on the lessee an option for renewal for a term which , together with the original term , amounts to seven years or more . |
| 16 | A lease for a term of less than seven years need not be produced to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue ( Finance Act 1931 , s28 ) . |
| 17 | A circulation in excess of 10 will probably lead to a leak within the entity 's trade sector ; a circulation of less than 5 may not result in competitive bidding . |
| 18 | The biggest rises — about 12.6 per cent — are being won in smaller companies with a turnover of less than £5m . |
| 19 | Thus , in much the same way as the Bundesbank chairman , Dr Karl Otto Poehl , has been at pains to preserve the monetary integrity of the new Europe , so the Cartel Office is disturbed about abrogating to Brussels responsibility for all mergers involving a turnover of less than $5billion . |
| 20 | Proposed mergers involving companies with a turnover of less than £1.4billion may be examined by the Commission at the request of an affected member state . |
| 21 | Businesses with up to 20 employees and a turnover of less than £1m will be the main beneficiaries of a new generation of easy to use accounting systems from Sage . |
| 22 | From a turnover of less than £50,000 during its first year of business , the company expanded rapidly and has recently been instrumental in negotiating the £3 million Tetley Bitter sponsorship of the England team . |
| 23 | Large businesses continued to do best , he said , but small businesses , with a turnover of less than £2 million a year , also reported a modest recovery last month . |
| 24 | It is possible to maintain a simple fish-only marine system in an aquarium measuring only 600 × 300 × 300mm ( 24″ × 12 × 12″ ) with a capacity of less than 681 ( 15 gallons ) . |
| 25 | For example , a regulator should be used with a 2 amp ( 24W ) generator if the battery has a capacity of less than 100 amp/hr . |
| 26 | In effect , these were the same as the general powers of a parent over a child of less than 14 years . |
| 27 | It is because of this fact , that ‘ DEAC ’ the manufacturer states that if a battery is being discharged at the 110 rate you should not discharge it to a voltage of less than 1.1 volts per cell . |
| 28 | I would n't use RAMdrive on a machine with less than 8MB of RAM , though , since 4MB is about the absolute minimum you need to run Windows successfully , and the smartdrv and RAMdrive allocations have to be taken away from the overall amount . |
| 29 | ONE OF the most luxurious hotels in the North-East is being rented from a council for less than £350 a week . |
| 30 | Most importantly the Chardonnay in the grand cru sector has risen from nearly a third to over a half of the vines cultivated , while in the premiers crus it has dropped from just under a half to less than 40% . |