Example sentences of "it [is] sometimes [adj -er] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It 's sometimes easier to go through an agency .
2 In the case of a small pay cut , for example , we have seen that it is sometimes safer to sue for the amount that you have lost , rather than give up your job .
3 I read a book by the American painter Charles Reid who said that rather than paint a dark background all round a daisy it is sometimes better to put just one dark drop of colour behind the vase of the petal to get the most impact .
4 Unless the horse is very sick or the swelling is severely affecting eating or breathing , it is sometimes better to delay antibiotics until the abscesses come up to a head and burst .
5 But encouraging and rewarding reliance are not always of decisive importance ; it is sometimes better to leave some matter unregulated by convention in order to allow the play of independent judgment both by judges and by the public in anticipation of what judges might do .
6 This procedure can minimise costs , e.g. where the alternative would be to transport witnesses to the United States , but , as the French authorities have pointed out , where the request is a straightforward one , it is sometimes cheaper to use a Letter of Request , rather than appoint a commissioner .
7 It is sometimes easier to proceed on the basis of : ‘ If I were doing the job this is how I would do it ’ , but this can be delusory even for analysts who have past experience as operators .
8 It is sometimes easier to hear another person ; s mistake than one 's own .
9 It is sometimes easier to hear that two words have the same pattern .
10 When Rc is in left hand half of dial , it is sometimes easier to note the number of degrees Rc is left of 0° and then subtract that number of degrees from your HDG. 9 .
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