Example sentences of "[adv] it is [adj -er] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice said generously , ‘ Perhaps it is worse for you and Oliver , really . |
| 2 | It concentrates the will to God who transcends all particularity and it acts like the kind of short prayer that the Cloud-author recommends : " take bot a litil worde of o silable ; for so it is betir of two , for euer schorter it is , the betir it spirite … is worde schal be ridest on pees or on werre " . |
| 3 | So it is kinder to your audience if your shots follow a logical progression . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The results show that , generally it is easier for most pupils to draw a named shape than provide a name for a shape . |
| 6 | Clearly it is easier for a minister to accept this sort of legislation than to develop a policy that effectively changes the direction of a great deal of work going on within the department . |
| 7 | ‘ And so often it is better for someone other to make the choosing . ’ |
| 8 | Similarly , if a fish or shrimp dies , trying to remove the carcass from within the labyrinth of rockwork is a nightmare , and often it is better to simply check that no nitrite or ammonia surge occurs in the tank , doing partial water changes if it does , and leave the corpse to the scavengers . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Surely it is better for the townsfolk themselves to develop the necessary skills to fight their own battles ? |
| 11 | Also if the focus is on an ability to communicate then it is better to be able to see the visual as well as the aural aspects of the interaction . |
| 12 | However , as it is difficult to know the history of every disk you are presented with then it is better to be safe than sorry . |
| 13 | However , as it is difficult to know the history of every disk you are presented with then it is better to be safe than sorry . |
| 14 | There are times when it is better to be a listener , and a very attentive one , at that . |
| 15 | ‘ As for value for money , it was n't per se my main concern but reorienting it from an activity-based approach of what the cost of something was to VFM in terms of delivery to the patient — evaluating what we were doing well in the sense you or I as doctor-patient would expect , the outcomes of value to the patient , establishing how much it costs to deliver ( something we could n't do but are better at now ) and then asking if it is reasonable value for money or , more interestingly , why it is cheaper in one place than another , benchmarking it . ’ |
| 16 | Likewise it is smarter of the donkey to explain calmly that it can only go so fast , than to keep trying to bite its owner . |