Example sentences of "fewer [noun pl] than the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The squid has many fewer tentacles than the nautilus — only ten — and the octopus , as its name makes obvious , has only eight . |
| 2 | Tai chi has far fewer styles than the hand system of kung fu , only a handful in fact . |
| 3 | Clearly the labour mobility programmes have transferred fewer workers than the number of jobs created by regional policies . |
| 4 | Even with fewer guests than the park is able to cater for ( some 20,000 this week ; 35,000 are expected daily thereafter ) , the most popular rides such as Big Thunder Mountain and Star Tours had waits of an hour or more . |
| 5 | Its body is clearly segmented but it has very many fewer divisions than the millipede . |
| 6 | Other less clear-cut chances were also smashed back by a Springbok side which continues to make the most of their discipline despite having less ball and creating fewer chances than the opposition . |
| 7 | Although the Christian Democrats ( CD ) , who had controlled the city council since the end of the Second World War , won only 94 fewer votes than the League — translating as 24.3 per cent of the vote and 7.6 per cent down on the last elections — the Brescia poll was widely interpreted as signalling a disillusionment among voters with existing electoral options . |