Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb mod] [be] less " in BNC.
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| 1 | If punishment is inflicted , it is claimed , the incidence of crime will be less than it would be if no penalty were imposed . |
| 2 | Secondly , if there is a rotation axis relating three or more CO ligands , the number of bands will be less than the number of ligands because some modes will be degenerate . |
| 3 | The message to schools is stark and simple : if you can not persuade sufficient parents to exercise their freer choice by selecting your school , your allocation of resources will be less than your competitors ' . |
| 4 | In short , the complexity of thought may be less than is assumed by AI-workers — and , moreover , may be of a very different type . |
| 5 | the probability of flooding must be less than a specified level ; |