Example sentences of "less than [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A recent view is that a postsynaptic kinase is activated transiently ( for less than a few minutes following the tetanus ) and a presynaptic kinase is activated for longer periods ( but for less than 1 hour ) . |
| 2 | Moreover , the nature of sickness benefit from the state and from many employers means that people who are off work ill for less than a few months may not be worse off financially , anyway . |
| 3 | For about half of the innovations in the sample , patents delayed imitation by less than a few months . |
| 4 | Less than a few seconds , but it seemed longer than time . |
| 5 | To hold the contrary , it has been well said , seems to assert ‘ that a bird in the hand is worth less than the same bird in the bush . ’ |
| 6 | Recall from Chapter 12 that an allowance has to be made for the fact that a given sum of money to be received in the future is worth less than the same sum received now . |