Example sentences of "fewer than [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the legislative elections which took place on the same day , Jawara 's People 's Progressive Party ( PPP ) secured 25 of the 36 directly elected seats in the House of Representatives , six fewer than at dissolution . |
| 2 | During the month , staff in careers offices helped 34 young people into employment , fewer than in February when 53 youngsters were placed . |
| 3 | Hampshire employers notified county careers offices of 117 job vacancies for young people in the month to March 12th , more than in the previous month when 105 jobs were offered but fewer than in March last year when there were 166 vacancies for young people . |
| 4 | At a party congress of the DBP on Jan. 27 delegates representing 117,000 members ( 7,000 fewer than in October 1989 ) approved an electoral programme which included continued support for co-operative and state ownership of farms . |
| 5 | Even though shorn of the banker that was Craig Chalmers , it matches the size of the Scotland representation in New Zealand in 1983 though one fewer than in Australia in 1989 . |
| 6 | Interestingly , gap junctions in patients with recurrent ulcer were much fewer than in patients with first onset ulcer . |
| 7 | In the same way a temple which was situated at the top of a flight of steps might be shown on top of steps , though the number of steps on the coin would normally be fewer than in reality . |
| 8 | The number of strips held by households were larger and fewer than around Kursk , but distances between houses and plots were even larger , since peasants lived alongside the water-courses away from their land . |