Example sentences of "less [conj] [num] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | less than one a year after . |
| 2 | The number of visits was much greater : 11 per cent had 300 or more — almost one a day , 33 per cent between 100 and 300 — two or more a week on average , 19 per cent 50 — 99 , between one and two a week , 4 per cent 20–49 — between one a fortnight and one a week , 14 per cent 10–19 — less than one a fortnight , 12 per cent had less than 10 or less than one a month . |
| 3 | The number of visits was much greater : 11 per cent had 300 or more — almost one a day , 33 per cent between 100 and 300 — two or more a week on average , 19 per cent 50 — 99 , between one and two a week , 4 per cent 20–49 — between one a fortnight and one a week , 14 per cent 10–19 — less than one a fortnight , 12 per cent had less than 10 or less than one a month . |
| 4 | In the past 10 years , the average number of kidney transplants in Japan has risen from less than one a week to about one every day . |
| 5 | Women , who have slower moving bowels than men , could derive a few calories less than 50 a day . |
| 6 | ‘ Under the new legislation , if the amount of VAT that a business incurs in relation to selling nonvatable items is less than 7,200 a year , then all the money can be reclaimed . |