Example sentences of "[adj -er] than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Nothing is easier than to obey a master who is perhaps exacting , but who rules over all details of life , assures one 's daily bread , and makes it possible to banish all concern from the mind . |
| 32 | Insider dealing in this respect is controlled by restricting the number of traders who have access to information , a technique which they believe is easier than trying to control how much information is announced over a given period of time . |
| 33 | One can imagine their need of concentration with the family trying to keep warm round a peat fire in a dark room , reading by the light of a flickering homemade candle or smoky paraffin lamp but perhaps it was easier than trying to compete with a noisy television set a century later . |
| 34 | Remember that stepping into wellies is always easier than trying to pull them on . |
| 35 | ‘ It was wrong , I know , but , as I said , it was easier than trying to explain about Paul , and , to be perfectly honest , no one ever mentioned David to me after he 'd gone . |
| 36 | With the experience of almost fifty years , I find improvisation easier than reading music . |
| 37 | There 's also the point that customising the way your Windows display looks is easier than fiddling with ANSI screen commands , which is exactly where WAGWIN comes in . |
| 38 | Yeah cos it 's much easier than dragging all |
| 39 | Despite those difficulties , it is still easier than proving that the expert has made a " mistake " of sufficient gravity to invalidate the decision . |
| 40 | What could be easier than to succeed in this business ? |
| 41 | Using cash and bank accounts to collect and disburse contributions for welfare , was easier than collecting animals on the hoof , grains or sugar in sacks , and it was much easier to transfer the payments . |
| 42 | Cut and sew is very much easier than shaping on the machine so do try it if you have not already done so . |
| 43 | I think he should get a hearing aid — it 's easier than shouting all the time . |
| 44 | Unfortunately , catching a cold is easier than getting rid of one . |
| 45 | Escaping from the quire was no easier than getting into it . |
| 46 | What is easier than to look at the most conspicuous item in the marketing budget and one which is largely the concern of an outside supplier , at that ? |
| 47 | ‘ Surely there is nothing easier than to imagine trees … in a park … and nobody by to perceive them . ’ |
| 48 | It had been easier than coming home to fighting and arguing . |
| 49 | Cutting Russia 's remaining lending to CIS republics is politically easier than bankrupting Russian factories . |
| 50 | What would be easier than withdrawing their overseas investments , something that would decimate our markets ? |
| 51 | A more realistic example is the evaluation of a user-supplied HEX number , where trapping " Bad hex " would be much easier than testing the input string beforehand . |
| 52 | care because I 'm going to differentiate it now because differentiating is a lot easier than integrating . |
| 53 | I decide to change , it 's easier than painting my nails again . |
| 54 | Using graphs to analyse your data is easier than examining the data cell-by-cell . |
| 55 | It 's easier than falling off a log . |
| 56 | Selling Old Trafford to a first-time buyer on a 100 per cent mortgage would be easier than selling Manchester for the 1996 Olympics . |
| 57 | Shooting him as he made his approach would be easier than pumping lead into a target . |
| 58 | Peter said yes because it was easier than saying no . |
| 59 | You just paint it on — it 's a lot easier than t'awd caustic stick . " |
| 60 | We all walk a certain amount every day of our lives , even if we are sedentary , and that is easier than starting from scratch for the first time jogging or cycling . |