Example sentences of "is [adj -er] [prep] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 2–3 ) to complain that it was impossible to tell the exact hour ‘ since it is easier for philosophers to agree than for clocks ’ !
2 That 's partly because DOS is easier for programmers to use , partly because of accumulated knowledge , and also , software developers have got pretty clever about squeezing the most out of DOS systems .
3 Coarser gravel would not need it , but fine gravel is easier for plants to grow their roots through .
4 Obviously , it is better for society to avoid such destructive competition .
5 Surely , it is better for judges to do what Lord Taylor says the press fail to do , and weigh individual circumstances rather than some abstract impression of public mood .
6 If this is the case , it is better for employees to know and understand this before going abroad rather than to go out with high hopes only to return to Britain dispirited .
7 The observations invariably show that the risk of dying before reaching the end of the first year of life is higher for infants born to mothers who were closer to the lower and upper limits of the reproductive period than to those who were in the prime of their childbearing ages .
8 One is that the condensation problem is greater in homes built from the mid-1960s onwards .
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