Example sentences of "less than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , Miss Eyre , you are less than a servant , because you do not work , ’ replied Miss Abbott . |
| 2 | ( In European countries with industry-wide or regional agreements it is not uncommon for a union to represent less than a majority of workers within any given enterprise . ) |
| 3 | Woodland Hills , California-based American Mobile Systems Inc reports that it has had an offer from LIN Broadcasting Corp 's Transit Communications unit to buy not less than 8.75m newly issued American Mobile shares for $8.50 each ; Fleet Call Inc has currently bought 714,286 shares of its common for $5m as part of a previously announced agreement for Fleet call to buy no less than a majority of American Mobile 's shares at $7 each ; the new offer assumes that the Fleet Call deal will be completed as planned . |
| 4 | It suffices to say that under it , once black Rhodesians had acquired a sizeable number of seats , but far less than a majority , they would have been in a powerful position to form a coalition with any breakaway group of whites . |
| 5 | Their games are , in fact , nothing more or less than a rehearsal prior to the performance of the activities which are the serious business of all the members of the Gikuyu tribe . |
| 6 | Adult women will have the unappealing choice between rejecting women 's language and so becoming ‘ less than a woman ’ , or embracing it and thus acquiescing in their inferiority — becoming ‘ less than a person ’ . |
| 7 | There was ‘ in the English constitution an absence of those declarations or definitions of rights so dear to foreign constitutionalists ’ , but this was a strength rather than a weakness ; whereas ‘ general rights guaranteed by the constitution may be , and in foreign countries , constantly are , suspended ’ , the English emphasis on specific remedies protected by legislation and the courts meant that ‘ the suspension of the constitution , as far as such a thing can be conceived possible , would mean with us nothing less than a revolution ’ . |
| 8 | the abolition of profit making and democratic control mark out cooperation as nothing less than a revolution , so fundamental , vital , and transforming is the change it is effecting in the economic structure of society … |
| 9 | As Beswick ( 1977 ) notes , such a development requires no less than a revolution in most people 's perception of a library from that of " storehouse to learning centre " . |
| 10 | To force together two protons that are initially far apart , for example those in two separate hydrogen atoms , is like trying to encourage the two north poles of a pair of magnets to join at a distance of less than a billionth of a millimetre . |
| 11 | Would nothing less than a scream or a thrown object penetrate him ? |
| 12 | To have 32 seeds in a 128 women 's singles draw , would be nothing less than a protection racket . |
| 13 | CAFE Quick is a state-of-the-art vending machine which dispenses freshly cooked meals from frozen in less than a minute . |
| 14 | Café Quick meals take less than a minute to heat up |
| 15 | Less than a minute later it will be on its feet again as if nothing had happened . |
| 16 | Over coffee in the study Miss Danziger thanked the guests individually for their concern , apologised for interrupting their enjoyment of an excellent meal , and explained that so long as she came out of the spasm in less than a minute and a half it was not dangerous and left no ill-effects . |
| 17 | Taping the man 's mouth , hands , and ankles took less than a minute . |
| 18 | The engine leapt , shouted , and was tamed , and in less than a minute we had taken off from the little beach and were circling the island . |
| 19 | He moved the rest of the boxes in less than a minute . |
| 20 | If they were fed in manually , this would imply exactly the kind of task objected to by the unions — namely , a task paced by the automatic welder and with a cycle time of less than a minute . |
| 21 | He got into the van for less than a minute , then went back to his room , and Latowa drove off . |
| 22 | Less than a minute later noise erupted from the drawing room and excited voices drifted down the hall . |
| 23 | Rugby lead 16–10 with less than a minute to go but a try under the posts brought a defeat by 17–16 that in David Ray 's words ‘ … did not seem to matter ’ . |
| 24 | A personal computer with a single 66MHz 80486 will render a broadcast quality , full screen , complex piece of ray-tracing in less than a minute . |
| 25 | A personal computer with a single 66MHz 80486 will render a broadcast quality , full screen , complex piece of ray-tracing in less than a minute . |
| 26 | Sure enough , within less than a minute we spot the sun glinting off the visiting aircraft already there and , after an overhead join to read the signals square , we land on Crowfield 's runway with the self-satisfaction of a flight well-conducted . |
| 27 | In less than a minute the little band of rabbits had disappeared into the dim , moonlit night . |
| 28 | Less than a minute later , Howard Bingham , who has been Ali 's personal photographer and best friend for nearly 30 years , appears in the doorway . |
| 29 | ‘ Less than a minute ahead , ’ he muttered ‘ With any luck , I should overtake him this time . ’ |
| 30 | Despite a tug of interest he moved away , and after a little less than a minute Alison returned . |