Sentence examples for few orders for from inspiring English sources

I started taking a few orders for personalised jewellery at the school gate and then did a Christmas fair.

It was one of the few orders for civilian aircraft expected this week at the Paris Air Show.

Ms. Fair nodded to the Secret Service agents on the roof, said hey to the ones who had been hanging around the store for 10 days and managed to take a few orders for bouquets.

Xybernaut, which has gotten much attention but relatively few orders for its "wearable computers" over the years, concedes it is plagued by a cash shortage, the absence of an outside auditor, a lack of timely financial statements and the dismissal of half its work force.

Emulex said it had fewer orders for its products, which speed data on computer networks.

Alcoa said it had fewer orders for parts for airplanes, power plant turbines and fiber optic cables.

As computer sales slow, the companies that make computers place fewer orders for the semiconductors that power them.

Sylvia Weinstock, the doyenne of wedding cake makers, said she had "absolutely fewer" orders for Sept. 11 than for other weekends next month.

There could also be fewer orders for dramas and comedies, with a resulting shrinking of jobs for Hollywood writers and actors.

Emulex, whose top customers include Compaq Computer, I.B.M. and EMC, said it had fewer orders for its products, which speed data on computer networks.

Armed with such data, a drug sales representative can pressure a doctor to write more prescriptions for a name-brand medicine or fewer orders for a competitor's drug.