Example sentences of "not [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agreement which the union negotiated is that commercial radio stations must spend not less than 3 per cent of their net advertising revenue on the employment of musicians . |
| 2 | That tribunal said that to force an applicant to state whether he intends to live here forever , or for a period of not less than six months , invites deceit and was somewhat removed from reality . |
| 3 | Cable & Wireless finance director , Mr Rod Olsen , said the size of the stake being discussed was ‘ not less than 10 per cent and not more than 20 per cent ’ which would cost CITIC between £375million and £750 million . |
| 4 | The legal recognition of corporate character may be obtained either by a charter from the Crown , as in the case of most of our older corporations , like the Hudson 's Bay Company , some universities and their colleges , as well as of some more recent ones ; or directly by means of an incorporating Act of parliament , as in the case of certain public utilities ; or indirectly through an Act of Parliament like the Companies Act 1948 ( which has been amended by several later Acts of the same name , and consolidated by the Companies Act 1985 ) , which offers corporate character to any number of persons ( usually not less than seven ) associated for a lawful object , who are willing to comply with the statutory requirements as to registration and otherwise . |
| 5 | Different in theory , but similar in effect , are the provisions of the Prescription Act 1832 , under which rights to easements and profits à prendre may be established by reason of enjoyment for a period of not less than twenty years in the one case , and not less than thirty in the other . |
| 6 | Different in theory , but similar in effect , are the provisions of the Prescription Act 1832 , under which rights to easements and profits à prendre may be established by reason of enjoyment for a period of not less than twenty years in the one case , and not less than thirty in the other . |
| 7 | Another variant is the shorthold tenancy , created by the Housing Act 1980 , whereby the lessor and lessee agree to a fixed-term letting of a period not less than one and not more than five years certain , carrying with it automatic security of tenure for the period agreed . |
| 8 | Producers should hold not less than 60% of the shares , it says . |
| 9 | Aim at a daytime temperature of not less than 16 ° C ( 61 ° F ) and a nightly minimum of 10–13 ° C ( 50–55 ° F ) . |
| 10 | To think that not less than 30 years ago we still had a fiver worthy of the 18th century and felt no need to supplement the revenue by the constant issuing of new postage stamps . |
| 11 | But they also retained Tutorial Classes as one of the types of course eligible for grant ; incidentally they also defined terms long familiar to the WEA — ‘ Sessional ’ ( ‘ courses lasting for one educational year comprising not less than twenty meetings ’ ) and ‘ Terminal ’ ( ‘ courses comprising not less than ten meetings ’ ) , to describe other courses . |
| 12 | But they also retained Tutorial Classes as one of the types of course eligible for grant ; incidentally they also defined terms long familiar to the WEA — ‘ Sessional ’ ( ‘ courses lasting for one educational year comprising not less than twenty meetings ’ ) and ‘ Terminal ’ ( ‘ courses comprising not less than ten meetings ’ ) , to describe other courses . |
| 13 | Group Captain John Shephard who commanded the wireless intelligence station at Chicksands Priory in Bedfordshire , where many of our intercepts were received , was invited to one such entertainment and reported upon ‘ a performance whose brilliance was undiminished by having to appeal to an audience whose I.Q. was not less than 200 ! ’ |
| 14 | First , as until at least the late 1960's the Club was in poor straits financially — mostly , but not entirely , to do with low membership , there was no way in which it could contemplate buying out the bonds either at par or in instalments ( of not less than £2 10s. 0d. per bond ) as allowed by the rules . |
| 15 | It is conservatively estimated that not less than 120,000 persons have died of actual starvation during the last two years in the Lebanon alone . |
| 16 | The proportion of the national area of thirteen tropical American countries described as steep sloped is very high — 80 per cent for Honduras , Panama , Haiti and the Dominican Republic and not less than 50 per cent for eleven of the thirteen . |
| 17 | The pipes must , by law , be not less than 100mm ( 4in ) in diameter and be made of non-absorbent , non-corrodible material , be bedded firmly , have watertight joints and run in straight lines with manholes placed over changes in direction . |
| 18 | These fountains must surely be amongst the most remarkable of all natural phenomena ; the plumes of incandescent liquid rock commonly reach many tens of metres in height , and one in 1959 reached not less than 400 metres . |
| 19 | ‘ ( 2 ) The Company may , in accordance with section 251 of the Act and any regulations made under it , send a summary financial statement to any member instead of or in addition to the documents referred to in paragraph ( 1 ) above ; and where it does so , the statement shall be delivered or sent by post to the member not less than twenty-one clear days before the annual general meeting before which those documents are to be laid . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ his nomination is requisitioned under the Companies Act ; in which case , and provided this is submitted not less than seventy days before the date appointed for the meeting , it shall be circulated , with a supporting statement of up to fifty words , without charge . ’ |
| 21 | The effect of the proposed addition to Article 93 would be to require the Company to include in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting , free of charge , any notification made by shareholders of their intention to propose a person for election as a Director , provided it is received not less than 70 days before the meeting . |
| 22 | Proportion of the active farming population not less than 15% . |
| 23 | Bourdillon 's figure for this was ‘ the annual provision of not less than 250 volumes for lending and reference purposes per thousand population ’ , but the figure is not as uncomplicated as it seems , since it refers only to new books and not to stock revision ( for which no standard was given ) . |
| 24 | Seventhly , if within five years before his election or since his election he is convicted of an offence and has passed upon him a sentence of imprisonment ( whether suspended or not ) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine . |
| 25 | The floors of the church and schoolroom to be washed out when needed and not less than three times a year . |
| 26 | Constable II received a fine of 40&shilling. and the loss of his additional good conduct increment under Police Regulations 58 and 61 of 2/6d. per week until such period of not less than one year , when he might again satisfy his superiors of his zeal , efficiency and truthfulness … |
| 27 | Each of these bodies is , by statute , comprised of not less than 10 and not more than 15 members appointed by the Secretary of State . |
| 28 | To achieve complete combustion , in most cases , high temperatures in the order of 600–900°C , for not less than 0.3 seconds are required , in order to ignite and burn the odorous gases before they form the fine carbon of black smoke which is far more difficult to burn . |
| 29 | Satisfactory completion of a full-time foundation course in Art and Design of not less than one academic year in duration . |
| 30 | British Rail and SNCF usage charges , comprising a fixed annual amount and a variable element according to the number of passengers and tonnes of freight carried , will form a major part of Eurotunnel 's revenue and will be not less than 9m per month ( at 1987 prices and exchange rates ) for the first 12 years of operation . |