Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [art] [noun sg] less " in BNC.
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| 1 | On top of the mutual suspicion of the Welsh for English-promoted schemes , and the real fear of an accident less than thirty miles away , there was the added dimension of the decimated coal industry . |
| 2 | Iraq 's invasion and annexation of Kuwait in August led to the outbreak of a war less than six months later between Iraq and United States-led multinational forces . |
| 3 | Besides , few would be prepared consciously to adopt this attitude , and would be concerned to square their final position with maintenance of an attitude less partial to themselves . |
| 4 | If full airbrakes are needed for more than a few seconds , and it looks as though they should be kept on , sideslipping should be used to get rid of the excess height so that for the last part of the approach less than full airbrake approach is required . |
| 5 | held that in the case of forfeiture the individual was entitled to an unbiased tribunal , notice and a hearing , whereas in the case of an application less was required . |
| 6 | The Corporation may cancel this Policy by sending seven days notice by registered letter to the Policyholder at his last known address and in such event will return to the Policyholder the premium less the pro rata portion thereof for the period the Policy has been in force or the Policy may be cancelled at any time by the Policyholder on seven days notice and ( provided no claim has arisen during the then current period of insurance ( subject to the relative International Motor Insurance Card ( Green Card ) being returned to the Corporation the Policyholder shall be entitled to a return of the premium less premium at the Corporations short period rates for the time the Policy has been in force calculated from the date upon which such Card is received by the Corporation . |
| 7 | In the hall she dreaded the advent of a parent less than she had dreaded it earlier . |
| 8 | This may seem like an impossible demand to make on someone who has smoked 20–60 cigarettes a day , but psychologically it works better for most people than attempting the ‘ slowly does it ’ campaign of a cigarette less every day . |
| 9 | He came to a stumbling halt with the point of the bayonet less than a foot away from his chest . |
| 10 | The connection between lies and statistics is perhaps subject to unduly cynical comment , but I think Quentin Oates does his knowledge of the trade less than justice in an amusing but unscientific presentation of ‘ Books of the Year ’ research . |
| 11 | NOW THAT the Second World of formerly communist countries is falling over itself to join the First World , the name ‘ Third World ’ suits the rest of the planet less well than ever . |
| 12 | As at Kingston , the margin was ten wickets ; the only difference was that the match lasted a quarter of an hour less . |
| 13 | The UK government succeeded in broadening the scope of the draft Less Favoured Areas Directive by defining ‘ other areas ’ to include the UK hills and uplands , extending the application of the proposed Directive from mountain areas alone . |
| 14 | In some cases this may make the prospect of an award less attractive . |
| 15 | In some cases this may make the prospect of an award less attractive . |
| 16 | In some cases this may make the prospect of an award less attractive . |
| 17 | His parentage and schooling are obscure , though he may well have been a pupil of Stephen Langton , later archbishop of Canterbury [ q.v. ] , himself the native of a village less than ten miles from Stainby . |
| 18 | The sea was choppy , and sitting still in the stern of the boat less than comfortable . |
| 19 | But the level was lower and the rush of the flood less severe than in more restricted surroundings , so that that insurmountable dread of drowning gradually subsided . |
| 20 | ( Perhaps for the cost of a few ‘ rescue ’ digs , in fact , which by their random nature all too often tend to be repetitive or fragmentary in their findings and which further our understanding of the past less than would the establishment of evidence confirming prehistoric alignment practices . ) |
| 21 | The auctioneers , without waiting for further payment from the purchaser , paid to the vendor the full amount of the price less their commission charges ( £3.50 ) . |
| 22 | For all of these types of capital allowance , where , on sale , the disposal proceeds exceed the cost of the asset less the allowances claimed , the disposal will give rise to a clawback of allowances equal to the smaller of the excess and the allowances claimed . |
| 23 | here the proceeds do not exceed the cost of the asset less the allowance claimed , an allowance equal to the shortfall will be given unless the original expenditure was pooled , in which case the balance of the pooled expenditure after deducting the disposal proceeds will continue to be written down at 25% per annum . |
| 24 | The taxpayers were assessed to income tax on the cash equivalent of an amount equal to the cost of the benefit less the amount made good by the employee under s 61(1) , FA 1976 . |
| 25 | ‘ We hope that this year they will once again put the eggs first and bring a smile to the face of a child less fortunate . ’ |
| 26 | The ground is literally parched and every blade of grass is yellow as sulphur , but independent of this the land in the interior is less rich and the fen of the country less fertile than any country I have ever traveled [ sic ] . |
| 27 | Provided that the bank is satisfied with the payment risks involved in the transaction , the bank will advance an amount derived from the face value of the bill less an agreed discount . |
| 28 | Effectively skewness is determined from the value of the mean less the median , all divided by the range used in defining the mean . |
| 29 | In the past where an item had been lost , stolen , destroyed or damaged which was originally purchased abroad , and the Policyholder admitted that the item was brought in to the U.K. without being declared at H.M. Customs then the extent of our liability was the value of the item less the amount of duty payable . |