Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has , for instance , long been a debate over whether a zebra 's stripes make it easier or harder to see . |
| 2 | One important theme in the remainder of this chapter is the extent to which a modular course design has made it easier or harder to seize opportunities and work within constraints . |
| 3 | Porter then develops the argument that the presence of interrelationships between SBUs implies that strategies must be broader than simply build , hold or divest . |
| 4 | In briefing her , you may just well , take this minute , write it out and say Jenny put your opinion there , and you 'll probably find it quicker than actually telling her . |
| 5 | you know one popping in and looking after , I find that easier than just putting them down to sleep |
| 6 | This is entirely understandable since repeating familiar , and previously sufficiently successful , behaviour patterns is far easier than constantly modifying your behaviour to suit differing circumstances . |
| 7 | Members hope to convince Mr Milburn that he should be targeting criminals who find it easier than ever to get hold of an unlicensed firearm . |
| 8 | Differs from Black-tailed Godwit at all times in having no white on wings , in feet scarcely projecting beyond tail in flight and in summer in having reddish vent Legs somewhat shorter than both curlews and Black-tailed Godwit ; bill slightly curved upwards at tip . |
| 9 | In taking this position , the bishops were also following the lead of Pope John Paul II who , on his visit to Ireland in 1979 had argued : ‘ Divorce , for whatever reason it is introduced , inevitably becomes easier and easier to obtain and it gradually comes to be accepted as a normal part of life ’ ( 1979 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Some may find it easier and quicker to give out a simple number rather than spend time asking about diet and so on . ’ |
| 11 | The advantage of fondant over royal icing for covering cakes is that it is much easier and quicker to make , is more pliable and has a softer texture that many people prefer . |
| 12 | His doctrinal position is further and usefully clarified in fifteen sermons , which presumably belong to his years as abbot and bishop . |
| 13 | Industry will especially be looking to the polytechnics to provide a further and much needed stimulus to innovations already taking place in higher education ; in particular , in the development of mixed degree courses , modular courses coupled with practical experience , and of the sandwich system of education and training generally , and in the opening up of opportunities for women in all branches of higher education , not least science and technology . |
| 14 | As generations went by , some strategies became scarcer and eventually went extinct . |
| 15 | However , it 's much quicker and easier to use an all-in-one paint like Hammerite which you brush on straight over the rust . |
| 16 | A staple gun is often quicker and safer to use than a hammer and nails . |
| 17 | Once into the southern hemisphere the lines of latitude would become shorter and finally vanish at the south pole . |
| 18 | He rightly points out that we need more ladies toilets and if you know you get the chance to use the ladies loo it 's cleaner and better looked after than the men 's , I 've heard . |
| 19 | Apart from quartz and the feldspars , most minerals are dark in colour , so basic rocks with no quartz tend to be dark-coloured , while acid rocks are much lighter and usually have only isolated specks of dark minerals . |
| 20 | Slightly shorter in length , and with a 90sq in headsize rather than the 95 and 105 which are currently the norm , the Challenge 26 is also lighter and specially balanced to suit female and junior players . |
| 21 | The new FKW tool free modular system axe and hammer come with S-shaped shafts and should be lighter and better balanced than the original FKWs . |
| 22 | Health is a much broader and socially defined concept than the simple absence of disease . |
| 23 | Which would be to make them more dynamic , occasionally broader but always keeping the inner life of each woman as real and as simple as Joyce would herself have wanted . |
| 24 | Iron concentrations ( 3.5 µM ) could only be estimated in gastric juice because of unavoidable contamination , but these were about 15-fold lower than previously reported values . |
| 25 | Calorie-wise , all fresh fruit is lower than both dried and tinned . |
| 26 | The unexpected reduction in the number of criminal legal aid orders granted over the last few months means that expenditure will in any event be lower than originally expected . |
| 27 | Whilst this is an increase over the 1991 level of 41,000 boepd , it is lower than originally anticipated due to the delay in the commencement of production from Piper and lower production from Ninian as a result of the deferral of well workovers from 1992 to 1993 . |
| 28 | M paratuberculosis was detected in 65% of Crohn 's disease tissues , 4% of ulcerative colitis tissues , and 12% of non-inflammatory bowel disease control tissues , but in a tissue abundance 10 5 to 10 7 fold lower than commonly seen in Johne 's disease tissue in animals . |
| 29 | Base-exchange treatment is in the neighbourhood of 1.5–4p per 1000 gal ( 4546 litres ) , automatic systems tending to be lower than manually operated plants . |
| 30 | And , in view of what you 've told me about the computer and knocking off all those agents , this whole thing is a lot bigger than just guarding Trimmler . |