Example sentences of "[adj] than [pron] [is] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , after a major international disturbance of this kind , people are concerned about the airways , and the reality of course is that it 's erm a damn sight more dangerous to cross the M forty than it is to cross the Atlantic . |
| 2 | So the it should be qu easier to sort these than it is to sort those . |
| 3 | Teacher support groups are increasingly being set up to provide the opportunity for greater honesty , and it can be less threatening for people who feel isolated to join one of these than it is to make individual overtures within their own staffroom . |
| 4 | But it is n't easy to be envied , any more than it is to feel envy . |
| 5 | The public domain , therefore , can do more than it is to secure the active citizenship of individuals . |
| 6 | Of course there is no obligation to use the language of algebra in this way any more than there is to use the symbol x in solving problems involving quadratic equations : as mentioned earlier the Babylonians readily solved such problems writing down everything in longhand . |
| 7 | ‘ What I want more than anything is to have somewhere I can look forward to . ’ |
| 8 | It is far easier to prevent behaviour problems from developing than it is to correct them once they have become entrenched habits . |
| 9 | People are people and there is more in common than there is to separate them . |