Sentence examples of "fewer" in English

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I have fewer books than you. Ich habe weniger Bücher als du.

My hens laid fewer eggs last year. Meine Hennen haben letztes Jahr weniger Eier gelegt.

More tractors meant fewer horses and mules. Mehr Traktoren bedeuteten weniger Pferde und Maultiere.

Fort Moultrie had fewer than seventy soldiers. Fort Moultrie hatte weniger als siebzig Soldaten.

The more careful you are, the fewer mistakes you make. Je umsichtiger du bist, desto weniger Fehler machst du.

I have fewer students in my class this year than last year. Ich habe dieses Jahr weniger Schüler in meiner Klasse als letztes Jahr.

Even though student numbers are increasing, on the whole, fewer scholarships have been granted. Obwohl die Studierendenzahlen steigen, wurden insgesamt weniger Stipendien ausbezahlt.

My attitude to the comma is physiological; the more breath I have, the fewer commas I use. Meine Einstellung zur Kommasetzung ist physiologisch; je mehr Atem ich habe, desto weniger Kommas brauche ich.

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths. Aristoteles behauptete, dass Frauen weniger Zähne als Männer hätten; obgleich er zweimal verheiratet war, kam es ihm nie in den Sinn, diese Behauptung durch eine Untersuchung der Münder seiner Frauen zu überprüfen.

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