Example sentences of "more [noun pl] than it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet such a conclusion may raise more questions than it answers . |
| 2 | Like any stimulating text it leaves the reader pondering on more questions than it answers . |
| 3 | This passage raises a good many more questions than it answers . |
| 4 | Yet the editor of the Sunday Times explained his paper 's coverage and position in a way which begs more questions than it answers . |
| 5 | Inevitably the preliminary review presented in this chapter raises more questions than it answers . |
| 6 | Readers will note that the rest of this book will sometimes raise more questions than it answers , but they will , I hope , agree that raising questions is at least a step towards providing answers and solving problems . |
| 7 | Sarah : I define myself as a socialist lesbian feminist , but of course that in some sense begs more questions than it answers . |
| 8 | Junior Books has raised more questions than it has answered and has wide-ranging implications for the nature of obligations arising in both contract and tort . |
| 9 | At best they re-describe perception in a manner that actually generates more problems than it solves . |
| 10 | Pop creates more problems than it solves . |
| 11 | Running away brings far more problems than it solves . |
| 12 | As it stands , this claim raises more problems than it solves . |
| 13 | To offer generalizations about the ‘ Gascon ’ nobility can pose more problems than it solves . |
| 14 | The East Oxford Traffic Scheme has cost nearly £100,000 and is causing more problems than it solves . |
| 15 | But editors say a privacy law would create more problems than it solves . |
| 16 | Providing collection bins might appear an easy step but this could lead to more problems than it solves ! |
| 17 | Now there 's a number of recommendations in the study , and that includes the introduction of a twenty mile an hour speed limit , surely that 's going to cause more problems than it solves ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | This leads to accusations that counselling can actually create more problems than it resolves , indeed , that it can actually contribute to increasing people 's problems . |
| 20 | From the point of view of the resources crisis , this looks like a reasonably rational response : because there are so many more ‘ run of the mill ’ than ‘ serious ’ offenders , a bifurcated policy should save many more resources than it costs . |
| 21 | Many of them are being forced to turn the crop into cattle feed because Britain has more potatos than it needs . |
| 22 | The micro-processor , enabling previously labour-intensive work to be carried out by robots , will give us greater leisure ; the leisure industry is labour-intensive ; therefore , paradoxically , instead of reducing the number of jobs , the micro-processor has actually given us the potential to create more careers than it destroys — but only if we plan the leisure it gives us in a comprehensive and professional way . |