Example sentences of "by fewer " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admitted that this financial capacity would be provided by fewer underwriting members . |
| 2 | That capital and experience would give Lloyd 's a bigger , global strength , as it became dominated by fewer , larger groups . |
| 3 | A possible explanation might be that coins were used in the same way as in Italy but by fewer people , namely only those in urban settlements . |
| 4 | In the mid 1970s an IPM survey showed that even the most popular tests were used by fewer than 10 per cent of companies . |
| 5 | This will be so if the same work is done by fewer employees or by no employees at all . |
| 6 | For instance , between 1972 and 1982 I caught 35392 hoverflies of 89 species in the Malaise trap , but seven species accounted for more than two-thirds of the catch and 35 species were each represented by fewer than 10 individuals . |
| 7 | Development training was specifically mentioned by fewer respondents than in the county libraries . |
| 8 | Thus , surely there should not be more prestige matches played by fewer paid combatants in front of passive and hospitality-packaged crowds , but more active support for the playing of the game by as many players as possible at as many levels as possible . |
| 9 | In the approved sequence , Constantinople ( AD381 ) comes next , even though it was attended by fewer bishops ( about 150 ) than the non-approved Rimini of 359 ( about 400 ) . |
| 10 | The twelfth century was characterized , therefore , by fewer but more protracted wars , which smouldered for long periods between short , sharp bouts of conflict , like the war that covered must of the reigns of Henry I of England and Louis VI of France , the one inaugurated by the great rebellion of 1173 , which outlived both Louis VII and Henry II , or that against Catalan claims in the south . |
| 11 | The clear implication is a future world peopled by fewer brokers . |
| 12 | The terms " diagonal " , " side " and " perimeter " of a rectangle were known by a high proportion of pupils , " area " by fewer . |
| 13 | Bonar Law , backed by fewer MPs than any of the other three contenders at the beginning of the week was now to be the unanimous choice . |
| 14 | The Annual Social Tea Meetings from 1889 were attended by fewer people and records cease in 1897 . |
| 15 | The Annual Social Tea Meetings from 1889 were attended by fewer people and records cease in 1897 . |
| 16 | He then describes how , by cupping the left wrist at the top of the swing , he eliminated the hook , aided by fewer left-hand knuckles , and practice . |
| 17 | The disk is round and flat , diameter up to 20 mm ; covered with many small imbricating plates in large specimens or by fewer larger plates in smaller ones ; the centrodorsal and primary plates are distinct and larger than the surrounding plates . |
| 18 | However , it quickly emerged that this declaration was backed by fewer than a quarter of the Platform delegates at the congress . |
| 19 | The review of specialist cancer services concludes that the current 15 cancer centres in London should be replaced by fewer larger centres , which , the report says , would be more effective in delivering high quality service , teaching , and research . |
| 20 | It must either be the case that existing product markets will be serviced by fewer firms or that the former will expand to a level consistent with greater output levels ( Begg 1989 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ Denbighshire can afford to lose by fewer than four wickets and still pip us on the calculation of wickets lost where the points are equal , ’ explained manager Jones , of Buckley . |
| 22 | All this suggests that lack of competitive pressure felt by US business played an important role in the loss of its pre-eminent position The structure of domestic industry was probably dominated by fewer firms than in Japan or the EEC taken as a whole . |