Example sentences of "were [adv] fewer [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the scheduled 7 days of heparin use there were slightly fewer deaths in the aspirin plus heparin group than in the aspirin alone group ( 7.4 vs 7.9% , p=0.06 ) . |
| 2 | However , although there was less to be done , there were also fewer hours in which it could be accomplished . |
| 3 | So , that was when there were far fewer numbers of groups than there are now . |
| 4 | In the prince 's earldom of Chester there were even fewer changes . |
| 5 | In the prince 's earldom of Chester there were even fewer changes . |
| 6 | Table III shows the characteristics of patients with gastric metaplasia ; although there were relatively fewer cases of metaplasia in patients taking NSAIDs , the differences were not statistically significant . |
| 7 | A paired sample t-test showed that there were significantly fewer word-paths derived from Xs compared with Xu ( t + 2.01 , significant at the 97.5% level for a one-tailed test ) and fewer word paths from Ps compared with Pu ( t = 2.08 , significant at the 97.5% level for a one-tailed test ) . |
| 8 | There were significantly fewer patients , however , with supraventricular extra systoles when oxygen was given during gastroscopy ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 9 | There were significantly fewer patients with supraventricular extrasystoles when oxygen was given during gastroscopy compared with those receiving air — 15 ( 30% ) and 26 ( 49% ) respectively ( χ 2 =5.05 ; 0.01 |
| 10 | There were significantly fewer patients with supraventricular extrasystoles when oxygen was given during gastroscopy ( χ 2 =5.05 ; 0.01 |