Example sentences of "less than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Never have you been less than a living spirit . ’ |
| 2 | In broadcasting the French predilection for state leadership , fresh starts and grand plans is widely regarded as being less than a great success . |
| 3 | That this mild-mannered three piece manage to fulfil those rash dreams is a genuine joy at a time when so many bands seem to have one trick less than a dead pony . |
| 4 | PLAIN OR PATTERN — Patterned designs show dirt less than a plain colour . |
| 5 | As is well known , the boycott was less than a resounding success in terms of popular reactions , and , as an organized nation-wide affair , was called off after only a single day . |
| 6 | This was less than the absolute growth in part-time male employment in services which more than doubled from 4000 to nearly 9000 . |
| 7 | One result of this attitude was that the strain placed by warfare on the economies of most European States was less than the mere number of men engaged in fighting might seem to indicate , since these were drawn so largely from the least productive elements of society . |
| 8 | At the Earth 's orbit the number density of ions is typically 10 23 times less than the atmospheric density at the Earth 's surface . |
| 9 | A Roman citizen often owned slaves who worked his land growing wheat ; a feudal lord would seize the surplus wheat grown by the serf on the lands of medieval Europe ; the early capitalist farmers began to employ landless labourers to do their manual work for a wage which was less than the total value of the product which they created . |
| 10 | I 've been and watched and contributed to some degree , erm or at least in listening to the reports of governors at the school , erm , in the allocation of some of their contracts , which of course include some being let under L M S and some being let under G M S , with regard to building and cleaning , they were very disappointed with the presentation that the D S O gave , and even though the D S O was eight thousand pounds less than the competing bidder , O C S , they gave the contract to O C S , and a report has had to be made to the district auditor to give their reasons . |
| 11 | The late mortality rate for disease was one point seven percent and again this was significantly less than the late mortality for patients with prostate cancer , which was some four times higher at eight point four percent . |
| 12 | Although this figure was less than the current level of HK$91,000 million , it was almost three times the amount promised to China by the UK in the 1991 memorandum of understanding , which was the condition for Chinese approval for Hong Kong 's new airport |
| 13 | Table 3 gives the distribution by age and duration of individuals with estimated reservation wage less than the post-unemployment wage for Model 1 ( unrestricted ) and Model 4 ( ) . |
| 14 | This is some orders of magnitude less than the primary bond energy and , as mentioned above , is responsible for the bulk modulus and bulk cohesion of the polymer . |
| 15 | If these doubts are justified , the eventual scale of relief may be even less than the slight relief implied by the County Council 's projection . |
| 16 | Examining the effects of histology , histological type , the early mortality patient with benign was point three percent and this was significantly less than the early mortality for those patients who had prostate cancer , which was two point nine percent , almost ten times greater . |
| 17 | Which is two whole semitones less than the major interval |
| 18 | H pylori was identified in the gastric biopsy specimens of six of 17 ( 35% ) rheumatoid patients receiving long term gold injections plus NSAID , which is only two subjects less than the expected prevalence in such a subgroup had they taken NSAID only ; this did not change the overall statistical analyses of the study . |
| 19 | The question , therefore , is nakedly raised by this appeal , whether your Lordships are now prepared , not only to overrule , as contrary to law , the doctrine stated by Sir Edward Coke to have been laid down by all the judges of the Common Pleas in Pinnel 's Case ( 1602 ) 5 Co.Rep. 117a , in 1602 , and repeated in his note to Littleton , 344 , Co.Litt. 212b , but to treat a prospective agreement , not under seal , for satisfaction of a debt by a series of payments on account to a total amount less than the whole debt , as binding in law , provided these payments are regularly made ; the case not being one of a composition with a common debtor , agreed to , inter se , by several creditors … |
| 20 | Turn left or right towards the RC needle to offset it less than the previous allowance . |
| 21 | In those four boroughs where no one party had overall control there was a much more pronounced rise in Labour support , with the party 's share of the vote in Wirral increasing by over 8% despite an individual poll tax figure below government estimates and average household bills less than the previous year 's rates . |
| 22 | The South East , the South West , East Anglia and the East Midlands were again the regions showing increases less than the national average for unemployment as a percentage of the working population . |
| 23 | However , he ran into a familiar stumbling-block : the concerto and the Souvenir add up to a few minutes less than the magic number of 55 , so he was forced to abandon the idea . |
| 24 | As this inhibition was less than the accompanying inhibition of PGE 2 it was possible to argue that some substrate diversion might have occurred , although weak inhibition of the 5-lipoxygenase enzyme by indomethacin seems a simpler and more plausible explanation . |
| 25 | Therefore we accept that the actual provision within the city er will have to be considerably less than the calculated requirement for the city . |
| 26 | Early encashment values are not guaranteed and may result in the amount received being less than the original investment ( please refer to the table below ) . |
| 27 | ( 6 ) If the company shall not within the period limited for acceptance find a Purchaser or Purchasers willing to purchase all the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice the Proposing Transferor shall at any time within [ three ] months after the Directors have so confirmed their inability to him in writing be at liberty to transfer the Shares to any person not being a Member but capable of being a Member under these Articles on a bona fide sale at any price not being less than the Prescribed Price but in that event the Directors may , in their absolute discretion , decline to register any such transfer of any Share and shall not be required or bound to state the reason for any refusal . |
| 28 | ( 6 ) If the company shall not within the period limited for acceptance find a Purchaser or Purchasers willing to purchase all the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice the Proposing Transferor shall at any time within [ three ] months after the Directors have so confirmed their inability to him in writing be at liberty to transfer the Shares to any person not being a Member but capable of being a Member under these Articles on a bona fide sale at any price not being less than the Prescribed Price but in that event the Directors may , in their absolute discretion , decline to register any such transfer of any Share and shall not be required or bound to state the reason for any refusal . |