Sentence examples for pace less than from inspiring English sources

In the past two weeks, the tonnage delivered dropped to a pace less than half of what it had been in the previous two weeks.

At the current snail's pace, less than one in 20 of Obama's confirmations will come during his final two years.

And he is so much faster than any other American marathoner that he could very likely win the trials, or place in the top three, at a pace less demanding than an international race.

The combination, his ability to slide into shots and instantly change direction, allows Nadal to shift from offensive to defensive movement, to control strategy and pace less by the shots he hits than by how he arrives at them.

Official figures today revised Japan's annual pace of growth for the period down from 1.9% to 1.1% — equivalent to a quarterly pace of less than 0.3% and less than half the pace of the previous quarter.

The gross domestic product grew at a 3.9percentt annual rate in the first quarter -- a strong pace, but less than Wall Street expected.

The IMF thinks the pace was less than half as brisk as the official estimate.

Even with the gains, the annual sales pace is less than half the 700,000 that economists consider to be healthy.

Compare that with, say, running a marathon at an average pace of less than five minutes a mile.

It took me 50 minutes to finish the climb, a snail-like pace of less than 5 m.p.h.

The forefoot- and midfoot-striking Kalenjin were enviably fast; during the Harvard experiment, their average pace was less than 5 minutes per mile.