Example sentences of "it is [adj -er] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is cheaper for them to get a garden fork and go out digging for their own . ’ |
| 2 | Clearly , it is cheaper for them to operate like this because they do not have regular wage bills to pay . |
| 3 | Surely it is better for them to strive to be literate than to engage themselves in the fruitless task of emulating the speech of the hearing . |
| 4 | ‘ It is better for us to say we are going to have to institute a series of strict priorities . |
| 5 | Anselm 's definition is seen as part of a clever philosophical con trick whereby he argues that it is greater for something to exist than not to exist , and thereby that the definition of God ( as the greatest thing conceivable ) demands that He exist ! |
| 6 | ‘ It is safer for me to move around from place to place . |
| 7 | If no appropriate child restraint is available for children aged 1 to 4 years old , it is safer for them to wear an adult belt alone , rather than no restraint at all . |
| 8 | A few are ‘ trying out ’ policing by joining the reserves first , although the common view amongst the reserve police is that it is harder for them to transfer to the regulars than it is for someone without experience to sign up straight away because of the greater number of reasons the police authorities are thereby given for turning them down . |
| 9 | I tell them to pay in metal , it is easier for me to negotiate , but they always reply that it 's too hard for them to get . |
| 10 | The stiff rein indicates that the horse is not carrying or pushing as much with that inside hind leg and so it is easier for him to shy ( and so stop going forward ) , if he is not working as well in the first instance . |
| 11 | The teacher can remain facing the class , so it is easier for him to maintain attention . |
| 12 | There are advantages to customers in that it is easier for them to ask questions in a more realistic way in order to ascertain the product 's utility more clearly and quickly . |
| 13 | Obviously , it is easier for them to develop in the Second Division rather than the First Division . ’ |
| 14 | At night it is easier for them to wander unmolested . ’ |
| 15 | If he has not done much gardening before , you can work together , so that you can enjoy sharing the tasks , and it is easier for you to assess when the patient has had enough . |
| 16 | When you speak to someone on the telephone it is easier for you to represent your company or organization . |
| 17 | It is easier for us to do this than it is for the English or Americans . ’ |
| 18 | Let us suppose that binary oppositions are natural in the sound system of a language , that because of the physical properties of our auditory apparatus it is easier for us to distinguish x/not-x-type contrasts . |