Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [adv] [adj -er] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No wonder investigators have found it more profitable to examine this problem in animals , where it is much easier to programme experience and ensure that only single events are studied without the influence of others . |
| 2 | On a system like the ZX Spectrum where it is often easier to draw in black and white before adding the colours this in an essential facility . |
| 3 | Although it is plainly easier to examine the narrower conception of the media 's political impact by exploring specific case studies , long-term and fundamental changes in the public 's perceptions of the political world must not be overlooked . |
| 4 | The origin of such cusps is obscure ( see Komar ( 1976 ) for summary of theories ) , although it is much easier to see why , once formed , they will be maintained . |
| 5 | I 'm an academic , but I take the view that it 's probably better to let the peak birthrate come into universities and higher education in nineteen eighty two and nineteen eighty three , rather than to cut back on universities . |
| 6 | When I do have to evict an intruder , I 've discovered that it 's far better to pull the weeds out rather than hoe them . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Kate Probst , of Resources for the Future , argues that it is usually fairer to penalise polluters than to leave the taxpayer to clean up dirty old sites . |
| 9 | In the case of a small pay cut , for example , we have seen that it is sometimes safer to sue for the amount that you have lost , rather than give up your job . |
| 10 | If it is argued that sarvodaya is an unattainable ideal , and that in the end one may have to settle for the happiness or good of 51 per cent , it could be stated in reply , that it is infinitely better to strive for sarvodaya and fail to realize it , than to start out with a limited objective and attain it at the expense of an unfortunate minority . |
| 11 | And see whether or not there is basis for an agreement on that because if it is possible to get an agreement on that it is infinitely easier to persuade the government that regulations have to be written which cover all of these issues and cover all of the sectors and that therefore makes it easier to create a situation in which it is not possible for an independent company that wish to ignore the good practice guidelines to simply go ahead and do so . |
| 12 | The difficulty of expressing what we think adequately in matters concerned with assumptions and beliefs means that it is often easier to say what we do not agree with than what we do . |
| 13 | Acquiring this kind of expertise brings its own rewards and it is gratifying to discover that it is often easier to explain a subject to others when you have had some difficulty mastering it yourself . |
| 14 | It is generally accepted that people are motivated by success and that it is often easier to work towards realistic short-term targets . |
| 15 | We feel that it is much better to recognize clearly that some roles should be the teacher 's province and that the program designer should not try to employ the program in such roles . |
| 16 | In one way the collector of autograph and manuscript material is at a disadvantage compared with his bibliophile brother , in that it is much easier to forge a letter than a book . |
| 17 | I think that it is much easier to create that atmosphere in a good out-of-town theatre like Plymouth rather than to prepare a star vehicle in a draughty rehearsal room somewhere in London . ’ |
| 18 | Boris Becker recently expressed the view that there was too much money in tennis and that it was ruining the game — a view of course that it is much easier to make objectively once you have £5m in the bank . |
| 19 | Moreover the Politburo can argue both that political pluralism is no panacea for economic problems , and that it is much easier to apply in Poland than in the vast multi-ethnic Soviet empire . |
| 20 | You will discover that it is much easier to find the exact point of focus when the zoom is set to telephoto , partly due to the enlargement of the image and partly to the fact that the focus depth of field is much shallower at this end of the zoom . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Although in this last case we should note that it is much harder to talk of the sentence being ‘ wrong ’ ; there are circumstances when people validly violate semantic norms , as we shall see . |
| 23 | He wrote recently in the GEC Journal of Science and Technology : ‘ It can be demonstrated that it is significantly cheaper to store fuel for medium to long periods and then to commit it directly to a geological repository , rather than to commit fuel to the reprocessing cycle . ’ |
| 24 | The report 's recommendations are in line with the Industry 's argument that it does not make economic sense to close Britain 's nuclear power plants early and that it is far cheaper to run the stations than to close them . |
| 25 | No one can doubt that it is far better to aim to prevent job problems arising than to try to cure them by means of a law suit . |
| 26 | The Museum 's policy is that it is far better to leave such time-capsules undisturbed . |
| 27 | Those who believe that it is important to consider the structure of the market rather than the behaviour of firms argue that it is far better to deal with problems before they arise . |
| 28 | Do you know that it is far better to train by reward than by punishment ? |
| 29 | Remember that it is far better to get down and then to run into obstruction than to stall on to it at flying speed . |
| 30 | Remembering always that it is far better to announce that you are the ‘ Co-operative Funeral Service ’ to a person who may seek information regarding a memorial , than to announce that you are the ‘ Co-operative Memorial Service ’ to a person who requires information regarding funeral arrangements . |