Maybe it would be less than three feet of water, that's a hundred year flood.
First, the reduced cost to operate such services may be less than it first appears.
They might be less than if growth had occurred at 3% with the lower tax rates.
Although the results are strong, they may be less than some investors were expecting.
In other areas covered by the yellow warning, accumulations will generally be less than 5cm.
On a per capita basis that would still be less than a quarter of US consumption.
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Some small sensors for use in biology could be less than a decade away.
Still, we're told it'll be less than 30dBA, which is comparable with a mid-range fan.
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As a by-product, ad rates and ratings will be less than what they otherwise could be.
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The resulting levels of private production and consumption will be less than is socially optimal.
But why, you may ask, would the groom's increase be less than his father's?
Even this would be less than the number of netbooks expected to be sold this year.
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"My understanding is that RBS believes its fines will be less than UBS's, " says our editor.
This year, with most investment in oil production completed, growth will be less than 1%.
The criteria for joining the euro suggest that it ought to be less than 60%.
Unfortunately, there may be less than meets the eye to both of these long-term care provisions.
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Some fear cooking, worried that their homemade efforts will be less than sophisticated, or worse, flavorless.
However I find the overwhelming influence of non-scientific bodies in determining policies to be less than helpful.
The cost to you is usually zero and the transaction cost can be less than 25 cents.
It isn't unprecedented among recent technology IPOs for analysts at large underwriters to be less than buoyant.
This year, as last, economic growth will be less than 3%, down from 6-7% in the 1990s.
The correction in bond prices is likely to be less than in 1994, but investors should beware.
The cost of renting a mobile hotspot may be less than buying an international data package from your network provider.
Even so, the potential for electronic bond trading may be less than in equities, futures and options.
Some of these medicines may be less than inventive and exciting, but that also makes them less risky.
Several checkpoints may punctuate a journey between cities that would otherwise be less than an hour's drive apart.
For some of them, paying 90% of 2013 estimated taxes will be less than 110% of 2012 taxes.
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Still, the storm surge is likely to be less than half that experienced during Sandy, Mr. Szatkowski said.
In fact, resistance to the scheme among the unemployed seems to be less than might have been expected.
Gross domestic product growth this year is expected to be less than 3% for the first time since 2003.
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