[Q]: How does the sentence end?

Eric thought the clothes looked very nice but Kevin did not agree.

[A]: Eric bought the clothes.

[Q]: How does the sentence end?

The payments that I put toward my bills weren't enough, because the

[A]: payments were too little.

[Q]: How does the sentence end?

We were more careful when we were handling the acid than the lye because the

[A]:
lye was more safe.