Though fewer in number today 's soes are more powerful than ever .
尽管如今的国企数量比以往少，但却前所未有地强大。
Few in number european entrepreneurs are also gloomy about their prospects .
数量少（不说），欧洲企业家们对他们的发展前景还很沮丧。
Such attacks have grown in number and seriousness over the past two years .
在过去的两年中这类攻击事件的数量不断增加并且严重程度也加剧。
The alleged defections though small in number thus far have buoyed protesters .
虽然到目前为止，这些所谓的起义人数并不多，但已经使抗议者备受鼓舞。
And even when china has more highly trained wto lawyers they still need the experience of winning and losing wto cases which are small in number each year .