Example sentences of "than [pron] [is] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He wrote of this machine in 1912 : ‘ there is no more reason to ascribe the heliotropic reactions of lower animals to any form of sensation , e.g. of brightness or colour or pleasure or curiosity , than there is to ascribe the heliotropic reactions of Mr Hammond 's machine to such sensations . ’ |
| 3 | It is much easier to show a child how to draw , how to compose a Picture , how to use colour , than it is to allow the child full self expression . |
| 4 | I can now speak from experience and say that it 's much easier to spend a day at the office than it is to spend a day at home , and you have the benefit of spending ‘ quality time ’ with your baby at evenings and weekends . |
| 5 | We are used to thinking of ‘ femininity ’ as being something to do with women , when in fact it also represents a set of values or behaviour which are generally regarded with disapproval : to call a man ‘ effeminate ’ is generally to insult him ( rather more , perhaps , than it is to call a woman ‘ masculine ’ ) . |
| 6 | With some models , it is easier to produce a reasonable looking roll than it is to perform a truly round loop . |
| 7 | Because the majority of tiles are simply hooked on to the battens , it is easier to replace a slipped or broken tile with a new unit than it is to replace a nail-fixed tile . |
| 8 | It is far easier to characterize a madrigal by Morley than it is to sing a song by Byrd , partly because singers respond more intuitively and quickly to Morley 's text-illustrative music than to Byrd 's learned ( but still rhetorical ) polyphonic word-setting , partly because a Morley text will often be a chain of discrete moments where a Byrd text is more complex in syntax and in the connection of its ideas . |
| 9 | He revealed figures showing it is almost twice as expensive to house a family in bed and breakfast accommodation than it is to build a family home . |
| 10 | The public domain , therefore , can do more than it is to secure the active citizenship of individuals . |
| 11 | They 're very poor people , they may work in industries with hundreds and hundreds of small outlets , whether they 're workshops in people 's homes or hairdressing shops , and it 's much harder to organise that kind of person than it is to organise a factory worker in a big factory . |
| 12 | Notice that it is much easier to satisfy the condition , , for this active circuit to act as an integrator , than it is to satisfy the condition , , for the corresponding passive circuit of figure 4.11(b) to act as an integrator . |
| 13 | So safety is a thing which is ca n't just be said Oh it 's it 's safer to go by train than it is to cross the road . |
| 14 | 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 . |