Example sentences of "less than [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Satellite studies of the Amazon rainforest by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) show that the area being felled each year is far less than previously estimated . |
| 2 | The UK 's reserves of lowland peat bogs are far less than previously thought , according to a new survey by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee ( JNCC ) — the scientific umbrella group for the government 's three national conservation agencies in England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 3 | In interviews with a number of panel members filling various roles in the project , and including members of the coordinating committee , it was generally acknowledged that the panel was often less than well chaired , with a fairly universal feeling that it lacked direction and a clear sense of purpose . |
| 4 | On the other hand , there are ways in which such a picture is much less than wholly reassuring . |
| 5 | Journalists such as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington post filed innumerable stories , often drawn from anonymous sources , and including less than completely substantiated allegations of criminal behaviour by public officials . |
| 6 | But even its unmediated , image-led format can only command an audience of around 3 million — a few million less than normally turn on to Songs Of Praise . |
| 7 | Indeed the only blips on the horizon are the reluctance of the natural trumpets to ‘ really go for the burn ’ in the opening and closing choruses and ‘ Fecit potentiam ’ , and a couple of less than clearly focused notes from the tenor Marcus Brutscher , in the ‘ Deposuit ’ , in the context of what is otherwise a truly virtuoso performance . |
| 8 | ‘ We are fast approaching the point when the risk of attempting a rescue — and there is the risk that we could force them to beach — will be less than simply leaving leaving them alone , ’ Dr Martin added . |
| 9 | The plan that produces the least CO 2 costs less than simply letting market forces prevail , because its high level of energy efficiency saves enough money to pay for the investment needed to switch to biomass production . |
| 10 | THE Scottish premiere of a new work is no unusual event but it adds an extra air of intrigue when the piece is less than freshly minted . |
| 11 | Probably rather less than immediately appears , for , although symptoms of thrush may seem to be related to a recent sexual act , it may be that the trauma of vigorous sexual intercourse has brought to the surface that which was lying dormant . |
| 12 | If the business is subsequently hived up to Newco at less than both cost and market value , this will depress the value of Target 's shares , so that a subsequent disposal of them would realise a loss . |
| 13 | He was also considered in some quarters to be less than entirely open in his Turf operations : his trainer Tom Coulthwaite had had his licence withdrawn earlier in 1913 over the running of two Ismay horses , though this was widely held to be an injustice . |
| 14 | ( These people who have both the primary disease and the family disease are somewhat less than ingenuously referred to as " double winners " . ) |
| 15 | ‘ Broken back over the five years to the first rent review , the true rent equates to just £24 per sq ft 40pc less than actually reported . ’ |
| 16 | And he did it through a method that was little less than divinely inspired . |
| 17 | Just why there are more calories in the human excreta following the intake of a high-fibre diet is less than fully understood at the present stage of scientific research . |
| 18 | By implication , of course , those who chose not to become part of the ‘ generalized other ’ were less than fully developed . |
| 19 | She said she occasionally felt that a job she could have been doing was being done by someone else leaving her less than fully occupied , but as her case load increased this feeling appeared to lessen . |
| 20 | So this recording , though mainly reproducing the various perspectives in effortless fashion , does occasionally sound less than ideally balanced . |
| 21 | The biggest single item was defence spending , at Rbs96,563 million , Rbs2,000 million less than originally proposed but still Rbs25,000 million more than the 1990 figure . |
| 22 | Because bills are now lower , fewer people face large increases , so the number of people entitled to a reduction will be less than originally expected . |
| 23 | The minimum for spending was set at 244,000,000 million zloty — 7,000,000 million zloty less than originally envisaged , and it was anticipated that revenues could drop by 10,000,000 zloty past the originally projected 227,000,000 zloty . |
| 24 | Mr Lang remains convinced that savings are still there to be made even though he appears to accept that these will be less than originally envisaged . |
| 25 | It included $2,890 million for the Strategic Defence Initiative ( SDI ) programme ( $1,700 million less than originally requested by the Defence Department ) ; $2,350 million for the B-2 Stealth bomber project ; $688 million for the MX and Midgetman intercontinental ballistic missile programmes ( although no funds were authorized for MX rail deployment ) ; $1,840 million for the purchase of 52 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles ; and $964 million for the development of a new generation of fighter aircraft . |
| 26 | On Dec. 6 he introduced further austerity measures designed to increase revenue ( which was anyway significantly less than originally forecast ) by 200,000 drachmas . |
| 27 | The cost of repairing the damage caused by the City bomb could be as little as £300 million — less than originally thought — according to surveyors and insurance experts , writes Matthew Doull , City Staff . |
| 28 | Recent studies have shown that the risk of continued obesity is less than originally thought ( Shapiro et al . |
| 29 | Travelling less than hopefully puts blight on holidays abroad . |