Example sentences of "there be fewer " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arguably the modern play with a limited cast is more effective in drawing in professional agents and casting directors since there are fewer ‘ bit ’ parts for students to get lost in . |
| 2 | There are fewer breweries operating in Britain today than when CAMRA began . |
| 3 | For myself , middle-aged and of a generally conservative disposition , I regret these changes , in particular the depreciation of the Anglo-Welsh occasions : not only because there are fewer of them but also because the clubs now tend to field their second XVs . |
| 4 | While night duty therefore affords a greater opportunity to ease , as a later chapter will emphasize , for most ordinary policemen and women this is little compensation for the boredom , for there are fewer opportunities for the diligent to ‘ make work ’ , the reverse process to easing . |
| 5 | Whether it 's the Police Band or one from a nearby mill town , there are fewer nicer ways to end a summer day in Leeds than to sit in a deckchair at sunset , listening to the haunting sound of the trumpets and trombones . |
| 6 | But there are fewer dolphins each year and they are more difficult to find . ’ |
| 7 | Sam Skinner , the American transport secretary , believes that even if there are fewer airlines in America ‘ robust competition will continue ’ . |
| 8 | Because there are fewer short than medium-sized men , a suit made to their measurements is less likely to find a buyer , and is knocked down accordingly . |
| 9 | The MLC expects European pig prices to fall further this summer , before recovering in the autumn , when there are fewer pigs on the market . |
| 10 | For there are fewer people working in agriculture and this is pushing the incidence rate back up . |
| 11 | Most new MPs enter the Commons in their thirties and forties ; there are fewer very young politicians , and — despite all the blather about the ‘ party of enterprise ’ — fewer going into politics in their fifties , after a successful career elsewhere . |
| 12 | This means that at a time of crisis , such as death , there are fewer people to turn to than there used to be when it was the norm to live much nearer to kinfolk . |
| 13 | If there are fewer people around who knew the person who has died , then there are also fewer people to notice that the person is no longer there , and there are fewer people to talk about missing him or her . |
| 14 | If there are fewer people around who knew the person who has died , then there are also fewer people to notice that the person is no longer there , and there are fewer people to talk about missing him or her . |
| 15 | Simon complains of ‘ the unsuitable blue chosen by Mr Serota ’ for the Tate 's walls and adds : ‘ If there is some deep strategy for this marginalisation of the British collection it is certainly making an impact , for there are fewer pictures on view than ever before . ’ |
| 16 | ( ’ Each time I take a good picture , I ask myself who can I show it to … but there are fewer people left . ’ ) |
| 17 | When there are fewer persons any supplements are given in the Price List . |
| 18 | When fish stocks are severely depleted , their output is also reduced — because there are fewer fish remaining to reproduce . |
| 19 | There are fewer who read Czech poetry , or have their paintings exhibited regularly in London and Edinburgh . |
| 20 | Moreover , since only a policewoman can search a girl and there are fewer women police than men , girls became useful carriers of weapons or pills . |
| 21 | In addition , the pattern of cleavage is both highly ordered and complex and there are fewer cells at the time when gastrulation begins . |
| 22 | There are fewer rules than in the above classes and racing only takes place in winds above 11 knots . |
| 23 | There are fewer districts than under the previous system . |
| 24 | The proportion , or percentage , is high because there are fewer people in manufacturing industries in this region than in other parts of Britain . |
| 25 | There are fewer runners now : whether the halfpence have not flowed so freely from the pockets of the tourists , or the youthful population has decreased , I can not tell . |
| 26 | Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that . |
| 27 | A return movement may occur in the autumn , although there are fewer records . |
| 28 | It also shows a clear relationship with sunspot activity ; by and large there are fewer sunspots when the Sun is bigger . |
| 29 | So there are fewer engineering jobs , less opportunities for training , and Britain 's engineering industry becomes less competitive and shrinks further . |
| 30 | As there are fewer than fifty major breeds ( ignoring all the colour variants ) , the discovery of entirely new types was extremely exciting , and the intense interest aroused by them is easy to understand . |