Example sentences of "at less " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman who drinks smaller amounts is at less risk , but is still more likely to have a miscarriage than a non-drinker . |
| 2 | And on the whole achieved at less cost than earlier schemes — with less disruption , too , especially on the East Coast main line . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was a tiredness resulting from the previous 14 pitches , but I could see no way of free climbing it at less than E5 , and I was n't good enough for that , not now . |
| 4 | Remember these routes are all on limestone , which rarely gives good routes at less than VS , but a line of bolts , ending at a firmly anchored chain , up dry and solid rock , means that a much bolder approach can be adopted than on the polished , easier routes of Stoney or the vertical scree of Swanage . |
| 5 | The United pilots ' union had attempted unsuccessfully to finance a similar bid a year ago when the airline was trading at less than half the final sale price . |
| 6 | While industry sources suggest up to 200 could be employed , Lesli O'Dowd estimates the likely figure at less than a quarter of that , with perhaps as few as 10–15 jobs for local people . |
| 7 | No one would doubt the market 's need to deploy its £11billion capacity more effectively — some marine syndicates work at less than half strength while syndicates in different businesses are pushing their limits . |
| 8 | The cabin is usually stabilised at less than atmospheric pressure , so its air has less oxygen than usual . |
| 9 | No one would doubt the market 's need to deploy its £11billion capacity more effectively — some marine syndicates work at less than half strength while syndicates in different businesses are pushing their limits . |
| 10 | At less than half that age , Mary declared , in her act , ‘ the full administration and ruling to be in our own hands ’ . |
| 11 | First , he has devised a way of buying the ground at less than half price . |
| 12 | Cabra 's share price , down from 120p to 7¼p , values the company at less than a third of the anticipated £23m . |
| 13 | Undaunted , his lower leg and ankle in plaster , Hoppy led what was left of his battalion across mountainous jungle terrain teeming with enemy units to Imphal , where the battalion was re-formed at less than half strength . |
| 14 | Armed with a decade of research results , Sweden and Norway proposed that the weight of sulphur falling in rain or dust on each square metre should be kept at less than half a gram ( 0.5 g/S/m² ; or 5 kg per hectare ) . |
| 15 | The bond 's conditions did not allow for this , so even if bought and transferred at less than par between individuals , they had to be redeemed by the Club in full . |
| 16 | However , in 1957 some bonds were redeemed by the Club at less than par , so perhaps the President was successful after all , possibly by inviting bondholders themselves to suggest a lower than par price . |
| 17 | Although , at less than ½ mm in length , it is smaller than the crab louse , it appears more willing to move , and a mite has been timed at one inch per minute . |
| 18 | Invariably this works out at less than the cost of the repairs , because a vendor would be unlikely to reduce his price to the extent of their full cost — he would argue that he had already taken some account of defects and age when fixing the price of his house in the first place , and if he had been expected to replace all the windows he would have asked a correspondingly higher price . |
| 19 | The wording of the most recent draft of the Net Book Agreement ( 1957 ) states that , as a basic rule , ‘ net books shall not be sold … to the public at less than the net published prices ’ . |
| 20 | For example , with the white population growing at less than I per cent per year between 1980 and 1986 , many white schools have suffered dramatic falls in enrolments . |
| 21 | The department may be involved separately in approving particularly large schemes or where projects involve UDCs disposing of land at less than market values . |
| 22 | Bills of exchange : These are short-term debt instruments , i.e. claims , issued mainly by corporations and the government , purchased by the bank at less than their face value . |
| 23 | SPACELAB , Europe 's first major voyage aboard America 's space shuttle , will probably hobble through its paces at less than full capacity , according to scientists involved in the project and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration . |
| 24 | Conventional moving walkways such as those at London 's Heathrow Airport and in a number of Paris metro stations travel at less than normal walking pace . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ With the launch last autumn of the Flexiheat tariff to complement Economy 7 , night-rate electricity can now be purchased at less than a third of the standard domestic rate , offering economic efficient hot water and heating . ’ |
| 26 | For really top class Joplin you need pay only a little more for a selection from Dick Hyman 's complete survey mentioned above , but at less than a fiver , Arpin 's disc will do very nicely for a representative sample of Joplin — which is really all I can take in a single sitting ! |
| 27 | At less than full price the collector can have Karajan 's earlier version , which I think is almost impossible to overpraise , or the fine recent version by Skrowaczewski and the Hallé on IMP . |
| 28 | By the end of April 1935 Danzig 's currency reserves stood at less than half of their 1933 figure ; by June the reserve had dropped to less than one-eighth of that figure . |
| 29 | Do not use a transformer having an output rated at less than 500mA . |
| 30 | Well , I hate to disappoint you , but flying in New Zealand can work out at less than half the average cost per hour in the UK . |