Example sentences of "fewer than [num] [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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |