"about less than" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are referring to a comparison between two numbers or amounts. For example: "The cost of the renovation was about less than what we expected."
"We were looking about less than a year when it was going to be game over," Vaughters said.
In the next 10 days, the frequency of attacks was about less than one attack in a day.
The results show a satisfying workability just after the mixing step and a rapid hardening of about less than thirty minutes.
Further statistical analysis of hearing threshold shift revealed that up to 8 dB of significant hearing loss was found at the most important human hearing frequency band, centered at 4000 Hz, after about less than 2 h of Karaoke noise exposure, indicating that Karaoke facilities may pose a serious threat to noise-induced hearing loss.
"We are talking about less than 200 this year at most," said Angela Allen, a spokeswoman for the department.
"But in terms of gross [mortgage] lending we are about less than half where we were in 2007".
Despite simmering concerns about less-than-stellar economic growth in emerging markets, profit within Citigroup's international consumer banking business grew by 4 percent, to $826 million.
There is nothing new about less-than-beautiful characters getting abuse from those whose names are at the top of the marquee.
It's a fairly simple request, but recruiters have become accustomed to dishonesty and can spot a lie about less-than-true salary requirements or skillsets a mile off.
It really is," said Mr. Catlett, 44, who not only reads blog posts about his restaurant, which opened in September, but also sometimes offers reparations, in the form of gift certificates, when he sees entries about less-than-satisfactory meals.
"It's basically a case of hyperbolic metaphorical extension — which is just a fancy way of saying it is fun to use over-the-top words about less-than-over-the-top things," she said.
