Example sentences of "more [noun pl] [subord] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With tyre firms around the world laying off thousands of workers , Continental may end up cutting even more workers if it remains independent . |
| 2 | And er so er er I said to my friend , like me pals I said , Well look we we have n't been in the Army a year , so we 've got to be in two more years before it comes our turn our turn to be demobilized , so we just might as well sign up for a couple year , get two months leave and twenty quid , because we shall do that if we do n't . |
| 3 | Yet such a conclusion may raise more questions than it answers . |
| 4 | Like any stimulating text it leaves the reader pondering on more questions than it answers . |
| 5 | This passage raises a good many more questions than it answers . |
| 6 | Yet the editor of the Sunday Times explained his paper 's coverage and position in a way which begs more questions than it answers . |
| 7 | Inevitably the preliminary review presented in this chapter raises more questions than it answers . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Sarah : I define myself as a socialist lesbian feminist , but of course that in some sense begs more questions than it answers . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | At best they re-describe perception in a manner that actually generates more problems than it solves . |
| 12 | Pop creates more problems than it solves . |
| 13 | Running away brings far more problems than it solves . |
| 14 | As it stands , this claim raises more problems than it solves . |
| 15 | To offer generalizations about the ‘ Gascon ’ nobility can pose more problems than it solves . |
| 16 | The East Oxford Traffic Scheme has cost nearly £100,000 and is causing more problems than it solves . |
| 17 | But editors say a privacy law would create more problems than it solves . |
| 18 | Providing collection bins might appear an easy step but this could lead to more problems than it solves ! |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Many of them are being forced to turn the crop into cattle feed because Britain has more potatos than it needs . |
| 24 | From this false start , their marriage had many more vicissitudes until it has now reached a point where there now exists between them a thinly disguised mutual antipathy . |
| 25 | At a more advanced workshop , tutors with a professional interest may help explain techniques if this is required , though in the first instance the rough-and-ready style of amateurish video pays off more dividends as it intimidates beginners less than a smoothly polished film , and conveys the sense of ‘ being there ’ to the viewers . |
| 26 | 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 . |