Example sentences of "[adj -er] [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And her father 's answer to the question given himself had been : those tests at the secretarial college were making his daughter nervy ; and the quicker they were over the better . |
| 2 | Again we see how much easier it is to be absolute in allegiance to a doctrine rather than to enquire into the beliefs upon which it is founded . |
| 3 | The fitter we become and the more energy we expend on a regular basis , the easier it is for us to maintain our new figure . |
| 4 | If parents and nurses would only realise how much easier it is for the child to bend to the social and moral laws in later life , when trained from infancy , how much sorrow might be saved . |
| 5 | Thus , the more mobile a dipolar group , the easier it is for it to follow the electric field up to higher frequencies , whereas the less mobile groups can only orient at lower frequencies . |
| 6 | ‘ The more information we can get from the public the easier it is for us to tackle criminals and make life in the town better for everyone , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Also , if a contractor is to carry out the work the more information we can supply to them the easier it is for them to provide an accurate tender . |
| 8 | Black Blossom dared to tease him about his height and wiggle her huge breasts in his face to show how much taller she was by comparison . |
| 9 | The taller you are for your weight , the more range advantage you will accrue . |
| 10 | Try to fight in the lightest category you can manage without heavy dieting because , theoretically , the heavier you are within the weight limit , the more power you can pack into techniques . |
| 11 | The clearer you are about your behavioural rights the better prepared you are to handle tricky situations assertively . |
| 12 | the clearer you are about what you want er the better , you know , the more likely you are to get w er you know what 's appropriate for you really . |
| 13 | The nicer you are to them the more they will help to put you at your ease . |
| 14 | right I 'm pleased pleased to introduce to us , er , er against all these difficulties and the nearer you are at the front the better , there 's all stuff here look |
| 15 | So , the nearer you are to the insect on the plane , the more insect-like are the local biomorphs . |
| 16 | Gravity gets weaker the farther you are from the star , so the gravitational force on our intrepid astronaut 's feet would always be greater than the force on his head . |
| 17 | The younger you were in a family , it seemed to her , the harder it was to convince your parents that you were growing up . |
| 18 | The truth is that the closer you are to the ring the worse it looks . |
| 19 | While inevitably this will be a somewhat rough-and-ready exercise — and obviously there will be gaps — the closer you are to retirement , the more worthwhile it will be . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's because gravity gets stronger the closer you are to that central point . |
| 21 | The closer you were to it , the stronger the force . |
| 22 | It went quicker the closer you were to a clock . |
| 23 | Who time should go faster the closer you were to a clock , they did n't know , and none of the castle 's waiters and attendants had any explanation either . |
| 24 | Added to this was the fact that the clocks themselves were so erratic ; every so often they slowed down , so that time went more slowly the closer you were to them . |
| 25 | The closer one is to a second language group , either socially or psychologically , the greater the probability of adequate learning . |
| 26 | When older workers were compared on the basis of their proximity to pension age when the redundancies took place , the proportion of the three years between redundancy and interview spent in retirement increased dramatically , the closer they were to pension age . |
| 27 | In the final quarter of an hour more than forty parties drew up in this same agitation ; and the closer they were to the final minute , the wilder their excitement to give in their cards . |
| 28 | But do n't you feel better it 's off your chest now ? |
| 29 | The more HDL you have in your blood , the better it is for you . |
| 30 | Defender Steve Bruce added : ‘ The more good players we have the better it is for the squad . |