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Example sentences for "less then"

  • Less then half a handfull will serve of every sort.

  • In less then an hour (usually) it is baked enough.

  • We must observe, however, that the suffering in such a process is less then we might suppose.

  • Lyford acknowledged his censure was farr less then he deserved.

  • Andrewes hath taken some paines in it, and makes it appear to be less then I thinke he will consente to give them for so good an use; so you neede not fear, that for taking bond ther to save you harmles, you be safe and well.

  • The Tribes that returned to Judea, were afterward widely dispersed; for beside sixteen thousand which Titus sent to Rome unto the triumph of his father Vespasian, he sold no less then an hundred thousand for slaves.

  • And the like may be said of the Pleiades or 7 Stars, which are also introduced to magnifie this number, for whereas scarce discerning six, we account them 7, by his relation, there are no less then fourty.

  • But how far agreeable unto truth, let them consider who read in Pliny, that among the Thessalians who were governed by Kings, and much abounded with Serpents, it was no less then capital to kill a Stork.

  • Each Inch of six-peny-broad Riband appearing no less then a piece of Matting Inch and half thick, and twelve foot square, a few yards of this, would be enough to floor the long Gallery of the Loure at Paris.

  • Aristotle besides the frequent undervaluing of his authority, in his Books of Animals gives him the lie no less then twice, concerning the seed of Elephants.

  • He ended frowning, and his look denounc'd Desperate revenge, and Battel dangerous To less then Gods.

  • What could be less then to afford him praise, The easiest recompence, and pay him thanks, How due!

  • Tobacco, and three pots of Ale; all this thou hadst in less then half an hour.

  • By our habits she took us for no less then persons of Quality; for we had gallantly accoutred our selves; and I thought that Fortune now had designed me her chiefest favorite, in throwing this unexpected blessing upon me.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after two; cannot love; good day; knowing what; less amount; less certain; less common; less dangerous; less developed; less distinct; less extent; less flattened; less frequent; less number; less regular; less sterile; less than; less then; less well; less white; lesse then; lesser wing; quite fresh; save only; someone else; upright position