Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] than it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , Wirral had no more reason to have such structures than it had for setting up multi-professional committees to discuss the dangers of residents keeping snakes as pets in council-owned properties . |
| 2 | The only way in which to reverse this situation and become slim again is to supply the body with fewer calories than it needs for its daily energy requirements , so that it has to draw on the emergency store of calories in its own fat . |
| 3 | Shedding surplus weight depends on providing your body with fewer calories than it needs to keep going . |
| 4 | The USSR devoted more energy and resources to the development of diplomatic and trading ties with these nations than it did to establishing effective operational links with the Communist parties . |
| 5 | The spectacle last week of 400 officers in riot gear running round the Broadwater Farm Estate and finding little or nothing in the way of drugs reminded me of Sir Robert Mark 's definition of a good police force as one which employed fewer criminals than it caught . |
| 6 | As the phonemic contrasts in one 's own language are " built in " , it can be expected that it takes longer to detach oneself from these contrasts than it takes to master the actual pronunciation . |
| 7 | The Labour Party entered the election campaign with more advantages than it realised . |
| 8 | It could present a legal problem resulting in the council spending more on those costs than it saved in the first place . |
| 9 | Yet such a conclusion may raise more questions than it answers . |
| 10 | Like any stimulating text it leaves the reader pondering on more questions than it answers . |
| 11 | This passage raises a good many more questions than it answers . |
| 12 | Yet the editor of the Sunday Times explained his paper 's coverage and position in a way which begs more questions than it answers . |
| 13 | Inevitably the preliminary review presented in this chapter raises more questions than it answers . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Sarah : I define myself as a socialist lesbian feminist , but of course that in some sense begs more questions than it answers . |
| 16 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 17 | • Announcing his decision to ‘ unretire ’ himself and return to the Williams team next year , Nigel Mansell issued a wordy statement which posed many more questions than it answered . |
| 18 | Perhaps the display asked more questions than it answered but it 's clear that the young stars are staking claims early . |
| 19 | However , the sudden intervention of the princess herself in the speculation about her marriage raised more questions than it answered . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | At best they re-describe perception in a manner that actually generates more problems than it solves . |
| 22 | Pop creates more problems than it solves . |
| 23 | Running away brings far more problems than it solves . |
| 24 | As it stands , this claim raises more problems than it solves . |
| 25 | To offer generalizations about the ‘ Gascon ’ nobility can pose more problems than it solves . |
| 26 | The East Oxford Traffic Scheme has cost nearly £100,000 and is causing more problems than it solves . |
| 27 | But editors say a privacy law would create more problems than it solves . |
| 28 | Providing collection bins might appear an easy step but this could lead to more problems than it solves ! |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | 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 . |