Example sentences of "less than [was/were] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are around 4,000 languages in the world today — 6,000 less than were spoken a couple of centuries ago . |
| 2 | There are around 4,000 languages in the world today — 6,000 less than were spoken a couple of centuries ago . |
| 3 | It had to meet huge mortgage indemnity insurance claims from lenders of repossessed homes now worth less than was lent on them . |
| 4 | So too an answer is needed to the question of whether the failure to manage the transfer of information and the joint planning of a continuous four-year scheme between two different phases and organizations of education has led to the achievement of less than was hoped for , regardless of the fact that it has been very heavily funded . |
| 5 | Over the period from 1980/81 to 1984/85 net expenditure ( gross expenditure less money recouped from charges ) on the personal social services increased by 2 per cent less than was required to meet increased demand , and gross expenditure increased by 3 per cent less than was required . |
| 6 | Over the period from 1980/81 to 1984/85 net expenditure ( gross expenditure less money recouped from charges ) on the personal social services increased by 2 per cent less than was required to meet increased demand , and gross expenditure increased by 3 per cent less than was required . |
| 7 | When Dr Friedler injected morphine into the offspring of mouse fathers who had themselves breathed nitrous oxide , the body temperature of the offspring dropped less than was expected . |
| 8 | Investigations show that replacing arable land with woodland would probably reduce the amount of nitrate leached to groundwater , but perhaps by less than was expected , since natural forest processes themselves release nitrate into the ground . |
| 9 | Replacing arable land with woodland would thus probably reduce the amount of nitrate leached to groundwater , but perhaps by less than was expected . |
| 10 | The problem of reinfarction after thrombolytic therapy is less than was anticipated . |