Significados de took fewer en inglés

He took fewer prisoners than his colleague; but slew much greater numbers.

Stewart neglected her almost completely; he took fewer and fewer meals at the villa.

A plumber took fewer risks, and made more money.

Kohl's credit business took fewer write-offs for bad debts but earned much less from late fees.

She took fewer clients, stayed in more often.

The ride took fewer than ten minutes.

Houdini was trained as a magician, not a daredevil; he took fewer chances than audiences ever suspected.

I took fewer tricks than everyone else, but I was the only one with a positive score.

Hellebaut took fewer previous jumps so wins.

And then Leonore took fewer and fewer meals at home, and spent fewer and fewer hours there.

Zurich Insurance Group, said second-quarter profit rose 6 per cent as it took fewer losses from natural catastrophes.

Development of the new device took fewer than 100 hours from initial meeting to production of the first one.

Carroll discovered materialistic spouses put more emphasis on what they have and it took fewer financial problems to cause rifts.

Meanwhile, earnings for working- and middle-class Americans stagnated even as we worked more hours, took fewer vacations and kept increasing our productivity.

But surely never any one took fewer of the airs of a goddess than our Frida did while she was with us.

Bob and his men had learned from the mistakes of the fellows they had been watching, and so they took fewer casualties.