Example sentences of "[adj -er] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ It 's a bit farther for you . ’ |
| 2 | It was nearer for me . |
| 3 | While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ? |
| 4 | Make life simpler for yourself and better for the seedlings by sowing thinly in rows , rather than scattering the seeds randomly over the surface of the compost . |
| 5 | This made things much simpler for his advisers because they knew exactly the sort of information Reagan wanted to hear . |
| 6 | Yeah it it means that you can point out that it makes it a lot simpler for someone to just pop over for a night and crash out on the floor . |
| 7 | ‘ Would n't it have been simpler for you to be independent back home ? ’ |
| 8 | It 'll be healthier for 'im than here . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It would be so much healthier for them than city streets . ’ |
| 10 | You ca n't assume that , because a particular milk is healthier for you , it 's also good for your three-year-old . |
| 11 | As a teenager she had been frail and very light , and although now she is two stone heavier , and healthier for it , she still believes that young women should be thin , even skeletally so . |
| 12 | These industries are now having to compete in the private sector and are much healthier for it . |
| 13 | These industries are now having to compete in the private sector and are much healthier for it . |
| 14 | He was taken off the ventilator , although he still had the tracheostomy and a catheter for his urine . |
| 15 | Morton reflected that if , indeed , he ever did become a royal photographer , life would be much duller for his acquaintances . |
| 16 | on an edge , the dearer for its vanishing . |
| 17 | The conversation moves on , all the better for the comment , not infrequently the gayer for it . |
| 18 | By doing this you are making it far easier for yourself to judge exactly when you should tack for the mark , since if you take the other tack it is difficult to judge how much the current will sweep you down . |
| 19 | And remember , the aim here is not to turn you into a super-mathematician but to accustom you to thinking somewhat differently to the way you were taught at school and thereby to make things easier for yourself . |
| 20 | You can make your Christmas easier for yourself and extra special for your friends . |
| 21 | As Keith explained , it was not any easier for him to take up employment with the RAF because his father had been a career forces man . |
| 22 | She did not believe Labour was now the party of home ownership , strong defence and financial rectitude : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? |
| 23 | In a personal attack on Mr Kinnock — a prime target for the Conservative counter-offensive — she added : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I guess this one 's easier for him to do than the others . |
| 25 | A shower fitment on the bath taps facing the patient makes it easier for him to wash himself thoroughly . |
| 26 | If he is to practise standing up , the plinth height may be raised , so that he is perched on the edge with his legs fairly straight : this reduces the support under his seat , but makes it easier for him to stand . |
| 27 | It was easier for him to decide what was not true . |
| 28 | I made it easier for him by saying I was n't tired , I wanted to stay up and star-gaze , and anyway the sofa in the living area was very comfortable . |
| 29 | You may remember that Cliff wore a thumb pick and two National finger picks , hence the octaves section in bars 9 and 10 would have been easier for him to pick cleanly than if he 'd used a flat pick and no fingerstyle . |
| 30 | And though Ernest might not be so pleased , it would make matters easier for him . |