Usage examples of "fewer" in English with translation to French

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My hens laid fewer eggs last year. Mes poules ont pondu moins d'œufs l'année passée.
More tractors meant fewer horses and mules. Davantage de tracteurs signifiait moins de chevaux et de mules.
No fewer than 50 passengers were killed. Pas moins de 50 passagers sont morts.
His uncle owns no fewer than ten houses. Son oncle ne possède pas moins de dix maisons.
Fewer young people know how to write in longhand. De moins en moins de jeunes savent écrire en écriture cursive.
The doctor told me to eat fewer high-calorie snacks. Le médecin m'a indiqué se manger moins d'en-cas hautement calorifiques.
If there weren't so many taxis, there would be fewer traffic accidents. S'il n'y avait pas autant de taxis, il n'y aurait moins d'accidents.
My attitude to the comma is physiological; the more breath I have, the fewer commas I use. Mon attitude vis-à-vis des virgules est physiologique ; plus j'ai de souffle, moins j'ai besoin de virgules.
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. Aristote soutenait que les femmes ont moins de dents que les hommes ; bien qu'il fût marié par deux fois, il ne lui vint jamais à l'esprit de vérifier son affirmation en examinant les bouches de ses épouses.
He has fewer friends than I. Il a quelques amis de plus que moi.
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