Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj -er] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is better for the patient to use a shallow cup rather than a deeper mug , partly to prevent an excessive fluid intake , and partly because he may have difficulty in judging the depth of a mug and so may tend to spill his drink . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | One Zulu chief said : ‘ It is better for the man that he is being held by police . |
| 5 | Surely it is better for the townsfolk themselves to develop the necessary skills to fight their own battles ? |
| 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 | In fact , at common law , it is better for the seller if he is not fixed with actual knowledge of such contracts , since he is then more likely to escape liability for consequential loss suffered by the buyer if the seller 's default prevents the buyer from fulfilling his obligations under those contracts . |
| 8 | ‘ I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In specialist chambers ( such as taxation , family law , employment law , company law , local government law , town and country planning , rating , commercial law , shipping , restrictive practices , libel law , and patent ) , it is harder for the beginner to get a start and less likely that the incompetent can make headway . |
| 11 | ‘ It is easier for the institutions to give us records of all accounts rather than trying to strip out just those accounts which paid above a certain level of interest . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It appears that due to the history and cultural values of Japan , it is easier for the Japanese to suppress their ‘ egos ’ , focusing instead on the greater good . |
| 16 | It is easier for the lecturer to write than for the student to look at a distant blackboard and then back to his so-called " notes " , and so a phase difference develops between the blackboard and the class . |
| 17 | Of the drought he had experienced on his last visit , Gould wrote that , ’ It is easier for the imagination to conceive than the pen to depict the horrors of so dreadful a visitation . ’ |
| 18 | It is easier for the purchaser to deal with the creditors and debtors as they are likely to continue to be customers and suppliers of the business after completion . |
| 19 | When a potential customer is partaking in a demonstration it is easier for the salesperson to ask questions in order to ascertain buying behaviour . |