Sentence examples for comprises fewer from inspiring English sources

Comparisons of the characteristics of the burrow systems of treatment 1 and 2 show important differences: the burrow system of A. nocturna comprises fewer burrows, which are longer, less branched, more vertical and have a lower sinuosity.

That would be a pity, for Italian democracy would function a lot better if, as Mr D'Alema intends, the bicamerale's suggested reforms lead to a parliament which comprises fewer parties.

Because of the failure to connect the available information, Abdulmutallab's name was placed in a database of possible extremists but not on the no-fly list, which contains about 4,000 names, or on a terrorism watch "selectee" list, which comprises fewer than 20,000.

This is because the metabolome of M. leprae comprises fewer reactions than that of M. tuberculosis.

Those in the higher risk groups tend to form more partnerships, but each of these partnerships comprises fewer sex acts and condom use is greater.

As in Arabidopsis, it appears that the CLEL gene family comprises fewer genes than the CLE gene family.

The actuator comprises few fully integrated modules with matched mechanical, electrical and software interfaces.

A limitation of our study is that this cohort comprises few cases, since most local recurrences are identified when they are too advanced for surgery.

Heterochromatin, in contrast, appears condensed with relative even spacing of nucleosomes, is thought to have a more "closed" conformation, comprises few genes, is replicating late in S-phase, and is largely transcriptionally silent (for review see [1].

Though 17 women were elected to positions on one of 284 local councils, women comprised fewer than 10% of the total number of voters.

The smallest increase would basically be limited to the brigade from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, comprising fewer than 4,000 troops, which has already departed for Kuwait.