Example sentences of "fewer than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nominations must be in writing , signed by not fewer than the required number of signatories , and incorporate ( or be accompanied by ) a signed declaration by the nominee that he or she is willing to serve . |
| 2 | The Hungarian Reformed Church in Transylvania has about 800,000 members , slightly fewer than the Catholic community . |
| 3 | Fullback and captain Mark Wyatt , who 29 caps in 10 years is just two fewer than the Canadian record set by lock Ro Hindson between 1973 and 1990 , was not the only one to retire after the World Cup . |
| 4 | Microsoft Corp 's managed to squeeze NT on to 14 diskettes , a sight fewer than the 32 for OS/2 . |
| 5 | How many additional votes it might receive by way of transfers from other parties is quite unpredictable : relatively fewer than the Progressive Democrats , one might surmise , because the distinction between political parties is sharper here than in Ireland , and voters could therefore prove more reluctant to give lower preferences to any but the party they most favour . |
| 6 | Just one of the regions , Northern Ireland , with eight constituency members and an assumed equal number of list members , would have fewer than the minimum total of 20 required to ensure fair representation therein for a party securing 5% of the list votes . |
| 7 | The most dynamic Green party in Europe is undoubtedly Die Grünen , which took 8.3 per cent of the vote in the 1987 West German federal elections and won 42 seats , only four fewer than the ruling Christian Democrats ' coalition partners , the Free Democrats . |
| 8 | My Lords , it 's a question of cost in the long run , but er the reason that the our British Library will have fewer than the French Library is originally it was planned to have three thousand places , but er further er examination which has really been taken undertaken very , very thoroughly has proved that this is really not necessary . |
| 9 | In his report to the Assembly , the Secretary-General said that by December only 72 countries had paid their contributions ( fewer than the previous year ) and that resources would be exhausted by the last quarter of 1990 . |
| 10 | Brannen produced his best decathlon at the Don Valley Stadium last summer , taking the World Student Games bronze with just 200 points fewer than the Olympic qualifying score . |
| 11 | Only 80 of the Royal Navy 's 124 ships of 50 guns or more had proved fit for service , fewer than the 40 Spanish and 50 French ships of the line , and both in seaworthiness and weight of gunfire the best French and Spanish ships out-classed the finest English vessels . |
| 12 | Now Mr Major is expected to announce that the Trident submarines will carry far fewer than the expected 512 warheads . |
| 13 | The mood will change when the group 's new record sells fewer than the last one . |