Example sentences of "fewer than [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	His career spanned 25 years ( 1832–1857 ) and he achieved lasting fame by scoring no fewer than 162 during a match played on ice in 1841 .
2	In fact , the British had hardly any ( often fewer than two to a battalion ) but their infantrymen had mastered rapid rifleshooting .
3	In early September 1666 , the old city of London was devastated by the Great Fire , which as well as destroying thousands of secular buildings left old St Paul 's with severe structural damage , and no fewer than eighty-seven of the capital 's parish churches gutted or in ruins .
4	Fewer than one-third of the outbursts lasted for as long as five minutes .
5	When Ronald Reagan took office , no fewer than 20 of the research fellows at the neo-conservative American Enterprise Institute ( AEI ) joined his administration .
6	No fewer than 708 of the convicts ( 75 per cent ) had been aged 31 or over , and 573 ( 61 per cent ) had been illiterate .
7	Fewer than half of the undergraduates reported receiving reading lists from all or most of their lecturers .
8	Fewer than half of the district 's households that include a pensioner have a car .
9	On Barro Colorado Island , pollinator specificity occurs in fewer than half of the orchid species and host specificity of the bees is also rare .
10	The Campaign Group of MPs , to which he belongs , numbered fewer than 30 before the election and four Left-wingers , including Mr Dave Nellist , stood against official Labour candidates and lost their seats .
11	Very little information is available concerning the movement of ex-Company staff , who probably numbered fewer than those of the Corporation , but it is known that S.H .
12	As India 's leading political parties shift into gear for the forthcoming general election campaign , no fewer than three of the ex-Maharajah 's once-royal relatives are jostling for the right to contest the Bharatpur seat .

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