Example sentences of "[noun pl] than it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Eastern District was less successful in some respects than it would have liked to be , it was not for want of trying . |
| 2 | Remarkably , the subsequent behaviour leaves the pulsar rotating more slowly after 50 days than it would have done in the absence of the glitch . |
| 3 | Before doing any deal , Hewlett-Packard would have to weigh whether it would gain more from what would effectively be privileged access to Siemens ' customers than it would lose in self-impact on its already strong position in western Germany . |
| 4 | Subdivision is carried out only in so far as it is profitable ; too much splitting would cause more problems than it would avoid . |
| 5 | However attractive the idea of a director general sounds , it could create more problems than it would solve |
| 6 | Indeed , it can be argued that a profusion of cash books and bank accounts would provide more problems than it would solve , particularly to financial managers concerned with managing the organization 's cash resources as a whole . |
| 7 | Historically records have usually been preserved because organisations thought that they were important for their own work , and departing from this principle might well create more problems than it would solve . |
| 8 | I do n't want a discussion about this because it 's going to engender more problems than it will solve . ’ |
| 9 | In either case , subsidy will create more long-term problems than it can solve . |
| 10 | In consequence , enclosure of arable was now creating more social problems than it could solve . |
| 11 | ‘ That would raise more suspicions than it would allay . |
| 12 | I think at the time the RAF had more volunteers than it could cope with and much weeding out was done , but in his case he blotted his copybook good and proper by doing a bit of unauthorised low flying over a south Devonshire town , frightening all the old ladies . |
| 13 | Throughout its existence , London Switchboard has always had more would-be volunteers than it could take on . |
| 14 | Serpell 's suggestion that this line should close could cost British Rail more money in through-tickets than it would gain from shutting the line . |