Example sentences of "less than a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In European countries with industry-wide or regional agreements it is not uncommon for a union to represent less than a majority of workers within any given enterprise . ) |
| 2 | Woodland Hills , California-based American Mobile Systems Inc reports that it has had an offer from LIN Broadcasting Corp 's Transit Communications unit to buy not less than 8.75m newly issued American Mobile shares for $8.50 each ; Fleet Call Inc has currently bought 714,286 shares of its common for $5m as part of a previously announced agreement for Fleet call to buy no less than a majority of American Mobile 's shares at $7 each ; the new offer assumes that the Fleet Call deal will be completed as planned . |
| 3 | To force together two protons that are initially far apart , for example those in two separate hydrogen atoms , is like trying to encourage the two north poles of a pair of magnets to join at a distance of less than a billionth of a millimetre . |
| 4 | With less than a minute of the second half played Cork again jumped into the lead with a Thomas Mulcahy goal but Wexford replied immediately and led for the first time when Eamonn Cleary had their only goal in the 37th minute . |
| 5 | The flow advances in a manner similar to that of pahoehoe flows on dry land , and the pillows are budded off so quietly that the cameramen were able to swim up to within less than a metre of the swelling pillows . |
| 6 | At just £5.99 the Blitzer costs less than a can of airbrush propellant ! |
| 7 | The above ‘ recipe ’ describes one group 's insights so far , coming out of less than a decade of such activity . |
| 8 | But if you are less than a writer of near genius , can you by simply describing what your policemen do , hold your readers spellbound ? |
| 9 | The gestation period from first inquiry to first completed shipment is rarely less than a couple of years . |
| 10 | In each of 1986 and 1987 , a little less than a couple of dozen suspects would seem to have been detained long into the fourth day in the London area ( Metropolitan Police Commissioner , 1987 , 1988 ) . |
| 11 | Santorini is less than a couple of miles from where you 're sitting . |
| 12 | He was n't blocking anything , and at the end of the alley was the street ; he 'd probably pick up a ticket between now and the time of the meeting , but that would be a small price to pay for the convenience of having less than a couple of hundred yards to drag her . |
| 13 | He wanted nothing less than a revival of the Romantic movement in literature , only a revival under firm Christian management . |
| 14 | Sadly , he enjoyed less than a year of his retirement before he died in February 1973 . |
| 15 | After less than a half-hour of sitting alone he would grow restless , scatter his books untidily about the table and disappear outside . |
| 16 | While industry sources suggest up to 200 could be employed , Lesli O'Dowd estimates the likely figure at less than a quarter of that , with perhaps as few as 10–15 jobs for local people . |
| 17 | The reef was now less than a quarter of a mile away . |
| 18 | Similarly Norway claims that less than a quarter of its acid rain is home produced , the main culprit being the UK though this is disputed by the UK Central Electricity Generating Board . |
| 19 | By 1982 less than a quarter of the area had revegetated ; the remainder is bare peat , clays or exposed shale and rock from which the peat cover has been burnt off . |
| 20 | For example in Wales there are now less than a quarter of the district councils which were previously in existence . |
| 21 | Less than a quarter of the people observed using the shakers tasted their food before adding salt , suggesting that the salt-shaking habit is not related to the taste of the food and is essentially a ritual activity . |
| 22 | The actual distance covered will probably be no more than 2 feet , so it is necessary to respond in less than a quarter of a second in order to avoid being struck . |
| 23 | Yet Israel occupies less than a quarter of the mandatory territory controlled by Britain after the first world war . |
| 24 | In all , a little less than a quarter of a mile 's walk , though it felt like a marathon . |
| 25 | The commissions are to strive to ensure that no constituency varies from this quota by more or less than a quarter of it . |
| 26 | Less than a quarter of pre-school children have nursery places . |
| 27 | At the moment , automated workflow is used in less than a quarter of all electronic document management systems ; by 1995 it is projected to have jumped to over three quarters . |
| 28 | In practice they occurred in less than a quarter of the cases recorded by Amnesty International since 1985 . |
| 29 | That fee is less than a quarter of the £300,000 Bassett paid Arsenal nearly two years ago , yet there are still no takers . |
| 30 | This was not an uncommon state of affairs : less than a quarter of a mile away , at St Augustine 's , a similarly tense situation was working towards a violent conclusion . |