Below you will find example sentences with "see fewer". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

See Fewer in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 18
  • Discovered as a combination around: fewer
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.3 words

Words in this phrase

see fewer

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • see can mean: To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight. Very common word
  • fewer can mean: comparative degree of few; a smaller number. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 8 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

began to see fewer buildings and 1× climates may see fewer cases 1× d rather see fewer quality cameras 1× desires to see fewer accidents in 1× employees might see fewer choices for 1× expect to see fewer going forward 1× expecting to see fewer customers 1× happy to see fewer animals packed 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

animal welfare advocates 1× another fix no 1× but as students 1× each day it 1× for a brand 1× i began to 1×

Common sentence endings:

and more trees 1× as a career 1× choices for care 1× click through rate 1× domestic airline terrorism 1× fewer going forward 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

people 3× less 3× customers 2× problems 2× may 2× episodes 2× stay 2× tends 2× punching 2× quality 2× bailey 1× banks 1×

Related phrases

fewer people holy see see eye see inside far fewer see improvements

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around fewer:

fewer people 20× far fewer 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

see eye sedentary lifestyle security updates security personnel security numbers security guards

Just after it in the phrase index:

see improvements see inside seed oil seek asylum seek help seeking alpha

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

see eye see inside see improvements

Same ending:

far fewer

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "see fewer" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as began to see fewer buildings and, climates may see fewer cases, people, less and customers stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with fewer people, holy see, see eye, fewer people and far fewer, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with see fewer

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Yet I see fewer and fewer people wearing masks. (9 words)

I began to see fewer buildings, and more trees. (9 words)

You see fewer and fewer instances (of domestic airline terrorism). (10 words)

Longer example sentences

This is a subtlety that tends to escape today’s so-called free speech warriors, a group that reaches into government, which focuses on new restrictions to punching down, and tends to see fewer problems with rules that might prevent people punching up. (43 words)

Mr Bailey said: “Banks are under an obligation now to handle customers with payment problems very differently to the way they did in the past, which is why we are seeing fewer repossessions, and I would expect to see fewer going forward. (42 words)

That’s because the Spark, much like the Mitsubishi Mirage, is something we see fewer and fewer of these days: a small car with a manual transmission that you can get for less than $20,000. (36 words)

Question examples

Q: Does this mean employees might see fewer choices for care? (11 words)

Example sentences (18)

Mr Bailey said: “Banks are under an obligation now to handle customers with payment problems very differently to the way they did in the past, which is why we are seeing fewer repossessions, and I would expect to see fewer going forward.

Each day it seems we see fewer and fewer people out and about.

That’s because the Spark, much like the Mitsubishi Mirage, is something we see fewer and fewer of these days: a small car with a manual transmission that you can get for less than $20,000.

Yet I see fewer and fewer people wearing masks.

You see fewer and fewer instances (of domestic airline terrorism).

Animal welfare advocates would be happy to see fewer animals packed into tight pens wallowing in their own poop awaiting slaughter.

One, you will see fewer ads, but they will be much more relevant and they will have a much higher click-through rate.

While we may therefore see fewer “bottle episodes” confined to single locations, standalone episodes are here to stay as producers are given more freedom (and more money) to experiment with their genres.

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Another fix — no less utopian for the moment — is making the youth vote count for more, on the ground that the old will see fewer of the consequences of the choice.

But as students flock back to campuses, we will probably see fewer international student faces.

Q: Does this mean employees might see fewer choices for care?

This is a subtlety that tends to escape today’s so-called free speech warriors, a group that reaches into government, which focuses on new restrictions to punching down, and tends to see fewer problems with rules that might prevent people punching up.

We see fewer law school graduates interested in pursuing traditional private practice as a career.

For a brand that preaches a 'Never Settle' attitude, we'd rather see fewer, quality cameras than have four - two of which are of questionable quality and usefulness.

In addition, some reports during the early stages of the pandemic said that warmer climates may see fewer cases.

This means snow parks will stay closed longer, and businesses in Shaver Lake are expecting to see fewer customers.

I began to see fewer buildings, and more trees.

Ms. Nkumbula says the compensation board desires to see fewer accidents in the workplace because this would entail less claims and more investment in the economy.

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