Example sentences of "[adj -er] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 One therefore gets trapped into a situation where it appears much easier to carry on in the business than to divest , or move out .
2 It is easier to go along with the false cheerfulness .
3 Nevertheless , practically all the rules have exceptions and readers may feel that the rules are so complex that it would be easier to go back to the idea of learning the stress for each word individually .
4 I want James in the front today because the buggy is easier to tip up with the lightest one in the front .
5 It would have been easier to set off in the daylight but it was n't possible .
6 Concrete must be used within four house of mixing , and it is usually easier to keep up with the latter type , which is laid as it is mixed .
7 This makes it easier to switch off at the end .
8 It 's much easier to get through to the other side of the world than to the other side of London , and the lines are much clearer too .
9 Many of them found it easier to move on to the North American mainland after their indentures had expired .
10 I think I 'll be happier to get back to the traditional gold and yellows and browns on wallflowers .
11 I remember wondering if it would be better to go back to the West End , for another fare , or go on to Liverpool Street .
12 It was better to stand out at the beginning than to go in with the expectation that he would soon have to provoke a further crisis by resignation .
13 But if you can not afford to leave , might it not be better to put up with the treatment that you have received rather than becoming unemployed ?
14 It would probably be better to drop in at The Times ' party , see who he could find to have dinner with and take pot luck in a town not noted for its restaurants .
15 But it will be harder to crack down on the really powerful and harmful culprits in the shadow economy — the state bureaucrats who use their privileged access to goods heavily subsidized by the state to make fat profits for themselves .
16 Now it 's gon na be a , a bit harder to hang on to the thought here .
17 The reason for using cold water is that hot water will make the blood congeal and make it harder to get out of the needle and syringe .
18 But it 's a fair distance to walk there and it is , I suppose , a lot handier to pop down to the reservoir .
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