Example sentences of "be less [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Alix admitted what Liz already knew , that she and Sebastian had been less than happy , that the idyll had been less golden than it looked . |
| 32 | Fresh , though he could n't have been less than thirty and Jezrael was still young enough to think that was old . |
| 33 | He could not afford too many jaunts like this — especially as his father had been less than joyful at his return . |
| 34 | Some companies never go to the new issues market , and it has been calculated that ‘ in the past decade , in no single year have ordinary share issues accounted for as much as 10 per cent of the sources of capital funds , and the average has been less than half that amount ’ . |
| 35 | The results have , sometimes , been less than spectacular . |
| 36 | He 'd never had a serious illness since a bout of pneumonia in childhood , and he 'd never been less than whole . |
| 37 | Her parting exchange with Rain had been less than friendly . |
| 38 | Ali Cemali , who had in the years between 888 and 891 moved on to other posts , was the first appointee to the new medrese and , though his salary is not specified , the course of his career to this point suggests that it can not have been less than 50 akce a day . |
| 39 | This was something else Clive had been less than truthful about . |
| 40 | Had it really been less than a month ago ? |
| 41 | People just dropped in , even though many had been less than welcome with some of It 's staff . |
| 42 | ‘ Never have you been less than a living spirit . ’ |
| 43 | His armed forces are still dependent on non-Arab personnel , secrecy surrounds the extent of military ties with the United States and Oman has been less than enthusiastic in supporting Arab League action against the Camp David accords . |
| 44 | Where the information supplied to the Council has been less than adequate , discussions at meetings between representatives of bodies and the Council 's members and officers have been helpful in enabling the Council to obtain more of the information it wishes to have to assist it in determining the grant offer . |
| 45 | As such it was widely interpreted as a personal triumph for Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa , whose position as leader of the party had been less than secure since his election in October 1991 . |
| 46 | Prior to his dismissal Garrett had commissioned Vander Schaaf to investigate allegations that the Navy 's own investigation of the matter had been less than thorough . |
| 47 | Revenue from turnover and income tax and from privatization had been less than expected . |
| 48 | It had been less than two days since he had met the Doctor , and he had had little rest . |
| 49 | The difficulties had been less than expected . |
| 50 | Rangers ' early season form has been less than inspiring but manager Walter Smith has put most of the team 's problems down to so many personnel changes caused by a succession of injuries . |
| 51 | In keeping with that statement growth in undergraduate numbers over the past few years has been less than 1 per cent a year . |
| 52 | the motive was to steal scrap metal from the company the amount of metal would have been less than a couple of hundred pounds so quite a minor incident in itself . |
| 53 | Though no official cost has been put on the deep-water well which led to the West of Shetland find , industry sources suggest the total outlay may have been less than £10 million . |
| 54 | Since nationalization there have been 19 , and their average period in office has been less than two-and-a-half years , half that of their British counterparts . |
| 55 | I am pleased to have the chance to complete the enclosed questionnaire and let you know what I think of the NatWest bank and why I am less than satisfied with the service received . |
| 56 | The total division ratio from the DIV input to the input to the phase detector ( Fig.2 ) is N = ( 128. n2 + nl ) *A + n0 , where n0 , n1 and n2 are less than 128 . |
| 57 | Suddenly the man next to you says : ‘ Of course , you realise that more than 50 per cent of all road journeys are less than three miles long ? ’ |
| 58 | Today there are less than 50,000 . |
| 59 | At present there are less than ten laboratories in Britain that can isolate the organism , and most of these are working as research units rather than as service units prepared to isolate chlamydia as part of the standard diagnostic screening that should be available . |
| 60 | Fine cracks internally visible but not seen externally can be ignored if they are less than 1mm in width and can be filled during redecoration . |