Example sentences of "[noun] than it [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | What a turnaround for a Government which only a couple of years ago actually raised more money than it spent and was dedicated to not borrowing . |
| 2 | No sooner had I thrown it into the toilet than it exploded and I was spattered with the pan 's contents . |
| 3 | the prison system has a tendency to create more problems than it receives and has an equal tendency to fail inmates because , out of its survival fear , it tends to respond to corporate threats , real or imaginary , rather than the real problems of inmates . |
| 4 | No sooner has it reached A than it reverses and goes to B , returns to A and so on . |
| 5 | Answer : manufacturing a battery uses 50 times more energy than it generates and the mercury it contains is an atmospheric toxin , especially if the battery is incinerated after disposal . |
| 6 | There are a number of reasons for this which could take all day to expound , but the main reason and the one I shall elaborate is that industrialised agriculture nearly always consumes more energy than it produces and is living off capital in the form of fossil fuels . |