Example sentences of "[is] [adj -er] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , it 's simpler than it looks . |
| 2 | Such a scheme is simpler as it avoids the necessity for a reduction of share capital . |
| 3 | Admittedly , this last complaint , made at the very start of the chapter , is harsher than it sounds . |
| 4 | This is fairer as it allows for the fact that fewer overs remain in which the chasing team can attack , but does not set a rate out of proportion with the course of the match up to the time of the stoppage . |
| 5 | Again , this is easier than it seems and far easier to do than to put into words . |
| 6 | Putting on the roof was the most satisfying job : it is precision work which is easier than it looks — particularly with the plastic ridge fixings and verges . |
| 7 | Learning it is easier if it has some reason behind it ; but such reasons are theoretically based , and will therefore date . |
| 8 | Fortunately it 's easier than it looks , but still full Very Severe . |
| 9 | In spite of the attempt to introduce earlier maturity by means of the Shorthorn , the Charolais remains a late-maturing breed with the advantage that the animal is heavier before it begins to deposit fat , nor does it need hormones to put more meat on its hindquarters . |
| 10 | The professional assessment is that the Mitre ball is heavier when it flies through the air and therefore lends itself to greater accuracy . |
| 11 | In some puppies , the hole which allowed blood to flow through the umbilical cord is bigger than it needs to be ; once the cord shrivels up , the hole is left open and if it is too big , a small piece of fat may be able to pop through . |
| 12 | It 's lighter , it 's springier , it 's livelier and it makes a lot less fuss about the whole business . |
| 13 | Ah now that 's better only it felt as if my |
| 14 | It 's too thin , it 's too sharp , it 's better than it looks on the telly , it reminds them of the wife , it gets right up their nose , etc. etc . |
| 15 | The skin around his neck is loose and his waist is thicker than it has ever been . |
| 16 | Typing it out shows quickly that the work is better than it appears : indeed , once the courtroom scene is reached , the writer 's touch becomes sure , and his competence in handling reported speech is impressive . |
| 17 | It is not official information , it is better that it goes directly to a department that can deal with it . |
| 18 | He forecast : ‘ This Treaty will end in tears it is better that it ends in tears now than it ends in very bitter tears in five , ten or 15 years . ’ |
| 19 | point of view when the information 's been com when so it 's coming in and being sorted it is better that it 's done at that particular time |
| 20 | So does RELIGION , but science is better because it comes up with more understandable excuses when it 's wrong . |
| 21 | What I do see wrong is that it 's smaller than it needs to be . ’ |
| 22 | This is because MouseMan Cordless has its roller ball sited further forward , virtually under one 's forefinger and it took a bit of time getting used to , as did a small but perceptible response lag . |
| 23 | Losing the left engine is trickier since it drives both the single generator and the sole hydraulic pump . |
| 24 | The establishment of compatibility is slower and it remains less stable when the two animals are both of high initial dominance ; thus two males are less compatible than a male — female dyad . |
| 25 | That 's worse that it looks terrible that |
| 26 | It is worse when it uses the Walk as an occasion for provocation , as in Northern Ireland where detours through Catholic areas have been planned . |
| 27 | drive slowly — it 's safer and it consumes less fuel ; avoid sudden stops and use the gears to slow down rather than making sudden brake stops |
| 28 | Since there are more carp and more carp fisheries around today , and so many anglers fishing for carp , it is inevitable that the number caught is higher than it has ever been . |
| 29 | Welsh Wales , in Wales and in the Lake District they found that the er level of nuclear activity on the surface of , of the field as it were and therefore reached the animals is higher than it has been , how would they manage to do that ? |
| 30 | First , safety expenditure under the Government and British Rail is higher than it has ever been in British Rail 's history — it has gone up from £140 million to £200 million . |