Example sentences of "[not/n't] be less " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is undeniably some truth in that but , when you look in any detail at Montgomerie 's so-called failures since he won the Scandinavian Masters in 1991 , it has more often than not been less a question of his losing the tournament than of someone else winning it . |
| 2 | ( There was an Act of Parliament in the reign of George I , just when this house was being built , which decreed that their measurements should not be less than 13½in by 9½in by ½in ; , and these dimensions are still more or less adhered to today . ) |
| 3 | And this is the cause : the productive man conceives within himself a complete image of what he wishes to reproduce ; the performance , like everything else that he brings forth , must not be less perfect than the image . |
| 4 | Most of the world 's population have accepted states and powers , and it is easy to see why : life may not be less bloody or dangerous under a sovereign power , but it is more predictable . |
| 5 | They should not be less than one metre deep and all peat , silt and made-up ground should be avoided . |
| 6 | The standards required of successful candidates in GCSE examinations will not be less exacting , grade for grade , than those required in the existing GCE and CSE examinations . |
| 7 | One to house four ferrets should not be less than 3 feet ( 1 metre ) tall at the front and have a sloping roof . |
| 8 | He had sometimes wondered , although with little real curiosity , whether she might not be less compliant , more complicated than he had supposed , had occasionally had a disconcerting sense that the façade she presented to the power station of dedicated , humourless efficiency had been carefully constructed to conceal a less accommodating , more complex personality . |
| 9 | This period of initial intervention should not be less than 3 weeks . |
| 10 | Their great talents could not be less alike , and it is indeed fascinating to compare these remarkably differing virtues . |
| 11 | The distance of the cluster is believed to be over 9000 light-years ; it contains several thousands of stars , and it can not be less than 30 light-years in diameter . |
| 12 | However , a Contracting State is entitled to declare that an application must be filed within a stated period from the date of entry of the judgment , a period which must not be less than one year . |
| 13 | This is 1 million Hungarian forints ( roughly equal to £8,000 ) , and although the contribution of members may differ it may not be less than 100,000 forints each and the amount must be divisible by 10,000 forints . |
| 14 | Brokers need to satisfy the Authority in a similar fashion except that their issued capital may not be less than 5 million forints in case of a Kft and 10 million forints in the case of a joint-stock company . |
| 15 | The abilities , education , talents , and ages of the people who work in public relations could not be less standardized or more dissimilar . |
| 16 | This can never be inferior to a logarithmic search ( as n can not be less than one ) and is usually far superior . |
| 17 | The largest companies have drawn up a criteria which demand inter alia that new book purchases must be based on a stock turn of one year ( in other words , the whole print run has to sell out within one year of US publication ) and that the projected gross margin must not be less than 50% . |
| 18 | Now , for the first time , he felt the real fiery ache of his arm and his shoulder ; but he would not be less nonchalant than his father . |
| 19 | The value of the Fellowship will not be less than £3,750 . |
| 20 | The value of the Fellowship will not be less than £1,500 . |
| 21 | The specified period of 80 years is the period referred to in the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 , but there is no reason why the period can not be less , eg 30 years for a 25 year term . |
| 22 | The cash call was accompanied by a statement that taxable profits for last year would not be less than £200,000 . |
| 23 | Welsh Office inspector Brian Evans said to be able to agree to the council 's plan , he had to be sure that the diverted route would not be less convenient . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) The offer shall be made by notice specifying the number of shares offered , and limiting a period ( not being less than fourteen days ) within which the offer , if not accepted , will be deemed to be declined . |
| 25 | All such offers of Shares shall be made by notice in writing and every such offer shall limit a time ( not being less than twenty-one days or more than forty-two days ) within which the offer must be accepted or , in default , will be deemed to have been declined . |
| 26 | ( 6 ) If the company shall not within the period limited for acceptance find a Purchaser or Purchasers willing to purchase all the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice the Proposing Transferor shall at any time within [ three ] months after the Directors have so confirmed their inability to him in writing be at liberty to transfer the Shares to any person not being a Member but capable of being a Member under these Articles on a bona fide sale at any price not being less than the Prescribed Price but in that event the Directors may , in their absolute discretion , decline to register any such transfer of any Share and shall not be required or bound to state the reason for any refusal . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) The offer shall be made by notice specifying the number of shares offered , and limiting a period ( not being less than fourteen days ) within which the offer , if not accepted , will be deemed to be declined . |
| 28 | All such offers of Shares shall be made by notice in writing and every such offer shall limit a time ( not being less than twenty-one days or more than forty-two days ) within which the offer must be accepted or , in default , will be deemed to have been declined . |
| 29 | ( 6 ) If the company shall not within the period limited for acceptance find a Purchaser or Purchasers willing to purchase all the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice the Proposing Transferor shall at any time within [ three ] months after the Directors have so confirmed their inability to him in writing be at liberty to transfer the Shares to any person not being a Member but capable of being a Member under these Articles on a bona fide sale at any price not being less than the Prescribed Price but in that event the Directors may , in their absolute discretion , decline to register any such transfer of any Share and shall not be required or bound to state the reason for any refusal . |
| 30 | ( 3 ) If — ( a ) the action does not cease under subsection ( 2 ) ; and ( b ) the court at the trial is satisfied that the lessor is entitled to enforce the right of re-entry or forfeiture , the court shall order possession of the land to be given to the lessor at the expiration of such period , not being less than 4 weeks from the date of the order , as the court thinks fit , unless within that period the lessee pays into court all the rent in arrear and the costs of the action . |