Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] is [adj -er] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she is better for warmth and dislikes being uncovered . |
| 2 | The Boro boss added : ‘ Forwards are at the sharp end , especially away from home , where it is harder for them . |
| 3 | While some workers believe that the best place for a child is within a family , and that it is better for a child to be placed transracially than to have no family , anxiety is increasing about the outcome of transracial placements . |
| 4 | In the fourth Gospel Jesus tells his followers , heart-broken because he is going to leave them , that it is better for them that he should do so : |
| 5 | It is small wonder that Dr Underwood finds it a ‘ little disconcerting ’ as the inference of the inquiry , as far as it has gone at present , would appear to be that it is better for a child to stay in East London sleeping irregular hours in ill ventilated shelters and eating fish and chips than to have fresh air conditions in one of our Camps with regular hours of sleep and plenty of well prepared wholesome food ( in which vegetables fresh from the garden play a large part ) forming a diet balanced in accordance with the best advice obtainable from the Board of Education and others … |
| 6 | I agree that it is better for the pigs to get beat in Europe , but it would be good if they progressed a little , no further than we did but enough to get tired out . |
| 7 | Anselm 's definition is seen as part of a clever philosophical con trick whereby he argues that it is greater for something to exist than not to exist , and thereby that the definition of God ( as the greatest thing conceivable ) demands that He exist ! |
| 8 | It may be hard to accept , but the argument goes that it is easier for a creative and original performer to learn how to play his instrument than it is for a consummate player to learn creativity . |
| 9 | It is extraordinary that it is easier for the EC to export to Hungary , Czechoslovakia and Poland than it is for those countries to export to the EC . |
| 10 | 17.51 ( i ) Pupils working towards level 6 should learn that it is easier for the reader to recognise the relationship between essential and subsidiary information if parenthetical constructions are separated by brackets or pairs of commas or dashes . |
| 11 | We know that it is easier for your body to tolerate the habit if you also eat well but many do not . |
| 12 | A few are ‘ trying out ’ policing by joining the reserves first , although the common view amongst the reserve police is that it is harder for them to transfer to the regulars than it is for someone without experience to sign up straight away because of the greater number of reasons the police authorities are thereby given for turning them down . |
| 13 | On the other hand , it is certainly true that it is harder for specialist literature in German to be accepted . |
| 14 | The teacher can remain facing the class , so it is easier for him to maintain attention . |
| 15 | But of course , you are n't out to trap me into matrimony , so it is easier for you to be frank . |
| 16 | They are paid low salaries and everything is worse for them , they have to face the insults of supervisors . |
| 17 | Milan is full of excellent coffee shops and it is better for the visitor to choose what appears to be best for him , her or them . |
| 18 | Choice of equipment is vital and it is better for a beginner not to buy his clubs before going to a professional for his lessons . |
| 19 | If he has not done much gardening before , you can work together , so that you can enjoy sharing the tasks , and it is easier for you to assess when the patient has had enough . |
| 20 | The OALD now has more words , more examples , more information on usage , pronunciation and stress , and more illustrations than ever before ; and it is easier for the student to use . |
| 21 | In times of expansion , developments can be additive , and it is easier for new subjects to become institutionally — as distinct from academically — accepted ( doubts can linger for a long time ) . |
| 22 | There is no preference in the law between an adult or a child in the use of the available seat belts but it is safer for the adult to be restrained . |
| 23 | As we shall see in the next chapter , there are those who believe that management have often adopted forms of work organisation which give rise to unsatisfying jobs because it is cheaper for them so to do . |
| 24 | 2–3 ) to complain that it was impossible to tell the exact hour ‘ since it is easier for philosophers to agree than for clocks ’ ! |
| 25 | Possibly this is why the argument as to whether it is better for a woman with young children to stay at home or go out to work goes round and round in circles . |
| 26 | In reality , the cost drops the further you are from retirement , as there is longer for the benefits to accumulate . |
| 27 | In my view , what should happen here is that cats should not be allowed to roam around in places where they could have a dramatic adverse effect on populations of animals , even though it is better for the cat . |