Example sentences of "[vb past] less [subord] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contemporary dealers Liliane and Michel Durand-Dessert , however , seemed less than enthusiastic about the results of their one-man show of gouaches by Gerard Garouste and unsure whether they could return next year . |
| 2 | The Access Fund was introduced in 1990 to support students after social security and housing benefit rights had been withdrawn , but students reckon the fund received less than half of the amount withdrawn . |
| 3 | Thurmaston 's northerly neighbour , Syston , had 54 framework knitters , 5 framesmiths and 3 woolcombers recorded in the parish register between 1813 and 1817 ( inclusive ) , but these craftsmen formed less than half of the 128 entries . |
| 4 | Rambaldi , however , reckoned that such scenes formed less than one-sixth of the total footage involving ET . |
| 5 | It contained many people of German origin , and although the Germans there represented less than one-third of the population , nevertheless Hitler began demanding the right to their ‘ freedom ’ from foreign rule . |