Example sentences of "[pron] is less [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , all have a probability of success which is less than 100 per cent . |
| 2 | The Countach , which is less than four years old , comes complete with blue leather interior and is powered by a V12 engine . |
| 3 | In 1990 only 21 of the 506 Crown Court judges were women , which is less than 5 per cent . |
| 4 | Cohen 's estimate of the hemisphere difference in icon persistence was 23 msec. which is less than 10 per cent of the duration of the shortest delay interval used by Marzi et al . |
| 5 | ‘ Herrings is a rich source of protein and can be got in cans up the City Road for twenty-three pence which is less than five bob old money not bad eh ? ’ |
| 6 | What makes the difference between these reports and our study , however , is the fact that we clearly divided patients with gastrooesophageal reflux from those with endoscopic oesophagitis into different degrees or categories and in the number of patients evaluated , which is less than 50 in all these studies . |
| 7 | The Treasury demand equations incorporate own-price elasticities for spirits and wines which are greater than unity ( demand is sensitive to price ) and an own-price elasticity for beer which is less than one ( demand is not sensitive to price ) . |
| 8 | The continuation of the securitisation when there is less than 10% remaining is quite simply impractical . |
| 9 | The continued Raincheck system will guarantee anyone a refund if there is less than two hours of play on Centre Court on any one day . |
| 10 | In 1990–91 the minimum benefit someone could receive was 50p , however from April 1991 benefit will be paid even if it is less than 50p a week . |
| 11 | If it is less than £1.05 a week , it will be paid as a lump sum once a year . |
| 12 | Faris is sure that it is lower than 300 picoseconds , although he does not have the equipment to prove his prediction that it is less than 50 picoseconds ( 10 -12 seconds ) . |
| 13 | From there it is less than one Cessna hour to see from air the Bay of Islands , the Waitangi Treaty House ( where the historic treaty between Maori and British was signed ) , Cape Brett ( with its remarkable rocky island that has a hole in it you can sail ships right through ) , and thousands of acres of primeval forests of kauri trees . |
| 14 | The statement of claim has not been finalised yet but Lord Spens says that he will be disappointed if it is less than £2m . |
| 15 | The standard deviation on the gravity data is less than 30μGal and on the elevation data it is less than 1cm . |
| 16 | It is less than £5 today . |
| 17 | It is less than 50 . |
| 18 | Following the river , it is almost 1,000 miles from Wadi Halfa to Khartoum while as the crow flies it is less than 500 . |
| 19 | Because , whatever the tax rate ( assuming it is less than 100 per cent ) , the way to maximize after-tax profits is to maximize pre-tax profits . |
| 20 | If it is less than 4 m ( 13 ft ) you wo n't have enough room to be able to manoeuvre yourself comfortably . |
| 21 | It is less than £30,000 , compared with the tens or hundreds of millions that are spent on promoting tobacco . |
| 22 | Right O K yeah that 's the other major erm feature is that agriculture 's share of world trade has declined and manufacturing er share of world trade has increased and I 've got some er some numbers here erm so it says before the first world war agriculture 's share of world trade was over fifty percent , today it is less than fourteen percent okay , so agriculture 's share in world trade is declining and has been declining er essentially over the the last sort of seventy years or so . |
| 23 | If it is less than 12 hours then do n't worry , just take the delayed pill straightaway and further pills as usual . |