Example sentences of "[be] fewer [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are not too bothered erm , if you do n't know a priori where the break comes , you can just split the sample size in half and just estimate erm an equation for each , not less , you wo n't but the computer will , if you just specify half the sample size , right , and when it asks for the number of observations failure or Chow tests you just press the return key and it will use all the remaining observations , right , but when you are doing the empirical work you should always test for structural stability , right , and er either of Chow 's tests will , will suffice , right , but if you 've got a very small stock sample where there are fewer observations than there are parameters to be estimated you will have to use Chow 's second test failure . |
| 2 | ‘ There are fewer donors than ever before . |
| 3 | There are fewer rules than in the above classes and racing only takes place in winds above 11 knots . |
| 4 | There are fewer districts than under the previous system . |
| 5 | There are fewer contexts where only the bare infinitive seems appropriate . |
| 6 | There are fewer shortages and queues are rare but inflation , at 2,000 per cent last year , means that prices are outside the reach of many . |
| 7 | But for most of the campaign , the 12th since the Republic began in 1945 , there have been fewer fireworks and more sober reflection . |
| 8 | erm In that sense , whereas of course in the case of primary schools there 've been fewer resources but of course far fewer students . |
| 9 | The waning of enthusiasm for higher education had begun several years before , but this was the first time there had been fewer applicants than places offered . |
| 10 | It recommended , in brief , that council members confine themselves to debating broad issues of social policy , leaving the professionals responsible for the detailed execution ; that there should be fewer committees and a management board of about seven council members supported by a corresponding group of chief officers to make most policy decisions on a corporate basis . |
| 11 | One consequence of this control system will be fewer managers and more group/individual self-control . |
| 12 | Males compete for females and thereby come to exclude one another from their ranges and , since male ranges are larger than those of females , there tend to be fewer males than females in any local community . |
| 13 | ‘ The end result is likely to be fewer farms and fewer farmers able to generate an economically and socially acceptable income from farm production alone , ’ says the report , Unemployment in Europe . |
| 14 | In the future there will be fewer farmers and farms able to generate sufficient income to survive from farm production alone . |
| 15 | Would there be fewer deaths if more farmers were taken to court , and faced higher penalties ? |
| 16 | And even if that does not happen at once , it will in the coming years , when there will be fewer workers and new-property owners to pay taxes , and more elderly in need of welfare services . |
| 17 | There 'll be fewer rabbits and we can have a bit of peace . |
| 18 | At university there were fewer lectures and a large proportion of the time was supposed to be spent working on her own . |
| 19 | There were fewer famines and a greater agricultural surplus which allowed people to live longer and increase their fecundity . |
| 20 | In the north of England there were fewer clubs but their class basis was as pronounced . |
| 21 | Indeed , there were fewer patients than expected taking NSAIDs , perhaps since intake had been reduced because of chronic duodenal ulcer disease . |
| 22 | As rain threatened throughout the week , but failed to actually materialise most of the time , there were fewer disruptions than usual , and another delightful aspect of Beckenham week was able to take place . |
| 23 | Very few universities had departments of archaeology , there were fewer museums and museum staff than there are nowadays , and overall there were far fewer fulltime archaeologists . |
| 24 | Thus the surgical group required a significant amount of blood transfusion as well as injection and check endoscopies , although there were fewer episodes than in the sclerotherapy group . |
| 25 | There were fewer dogs than would be found at a Romany camp , and no poultry at all . |