Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that it 's a better craft than those in which he trained . |
| 2 | Treatment is refused on the basis that it 's a better use of resources to spend them on the young . |
| 3 | Now , in addition to that , and I do n't know if this is the source of the confusion , we 've also made provision in the ninety four five budget for another er camera site operation , except that it 's a lower figure because that does n't actually include the camera because we made it clear that as a result of the decision last time here we did n't want to create a , a permanent precedent that this committee always picked up the bill for the camera . |
| 4 | With Genesis , one thing that makes it a lot of fun is that it 's a smaller group . |
| 5 | Most commentators agree that it is a higher hurdle to clear . |
| 6 | I feel sure that it is a better Bill than when it started . |
| 7 | It was argued that it allows litigation which would otherwise not be brought , that the lawyers involved act more conscientiously on behalf of their client because of the mutual financial interests , and that it is a simpler method of payment . |
| 8 | THE commonly-cited reason for opposing a charge for driving on particular urban roads is that it is a further restriction on those who have sufficient constraints already , what with parking meters , wheel-clamping and towing-away . |
| 9 | You see the same thing in our kind of business , but we 've really been operating in international markets for much longer and it 's a slower process . |
| 10 | He 's got enough money for one thing , and it 's a bigger risk anyway . ’ |
| 11 | He 's got enough money for one thing , and it 's a bigger risk anyway . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And it 's a better hiding-place than out here in the country . |
| 13 | It 's difficult as far as the alternatives are concerned , is that no alternatives , but effectively it 's about four times the cost to administer , because you can dip a hundred sheep off one of the er , packs and it 's a smaller pack . |
| 14 | This can be seen when the differences between night ( when it is dark , quiet and we sleep ) and day ( when we arrange our meals , our business , social and physical activities and it is a noisier , more ‘ active ’ environment ) are considered . |
| 15 | Discussion and questioning will be needed to establish if it is evidence from the past , or if it is a later interpretation . |
| 16 | Well I do n't know if it 's a better climate , but it 's a warmer climate . |
| 17 | ‘ Then if it 's a higher power you 're looking for , you should go check out the shopping mall . |
| 18 | Yeah , cos it 's a better atmosphere , at least you can walk round the streets safe . |
| 19 | Cos it 's a lighter colour there . |
| 20 | If the presence of the trespasser is known to or reasonably to be anticipated by the occupier , then the occupier has a duty to the trespasser , but it is a lower and less onerous duty than the one which the occupier owes to a lawful visitor . |
| 21 | They are using sonar , but it is a cruder kind of sonar than is used by the smaller bats with which we , in temperate regions , are familiar . |
| 22 | Yeah but it 's a clearer road as well |
| 23 | " But it 's a bigger place surely ? |
| 24 | Well you see i i yeah but it 's a bigger country and I mean it 's so congested in England . |
| 25 | Well I do n't know if it 's a better climate , but it 's a warmer climate . |
| 26 | ‘ But it 's a younger generation — the Yuppies , the Sloane Rangers , the rich whizzkids , women my age — who are seeing fur as a status symbol again . |
| 27 | Although the using up of old stock may be one reason for this practice , watchcase-makers were probably also reluctant to use Britannia silver because it is a softer alloy than sterling . |
| 28 | ACT amounts to double taxation because it is a further tax on dividends paid in Britain from profits already taxed abroad . |
| 29 | Pérez de Cuéllar , in turn , maintained on the same occasion that he was " very encouraged , because it is a further step " . |
| 30 | It 's in the process of shifting over to NT because it 's a better base , he said , for its massive global database . |