Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , Colonel Bumford is very typical of the type of regular officer , who is so orthodox and cautious , he finds it safer to put off making decisions rather than risk wrong ones . ’ |
| 2 | She finds it easier to say to herself , ‘ He might never have died , if only … ’ . |
| 3 | You may be the kind of person who finds it easier to have sex than to talk about it , whether with new or regular partners . |
| 4 | Apart from the difficulty of chambers , the ordinary person who has no special connections normally finds it easier to get some kind of start on the common law side , where there is a great deal of small work , in county courts and the criminal courts ; on the Chancery side there is no criminal work and all the civil work tends to be fairly important . |
| 5 | This means that the user generally finds it easier to use and data from one program can be easily transferred to another , a feat requiring skill and patience on machines like the PC . |
| 6 | He finds it easier to live without property . |
| 7 | In too many cases the draughtsman finds it quicker to design a new part than to search through hundreds of drawings for one that fits his task . |
| 8 | ‘ She tells it better than I would . |
| 9 | A third witness , you understand , adds no further dimension but only spreads it thinner , and a fourth thinner still , and the more witnesses there are the thinner it gets and the more reasonable it becomes until it is as thin as reality , the name we give to the common experience … |
| 10 | I think that all that this policy does is make that more explicit , it gives it greater clarity . |
| 11 | ‘ Italy needs to vote in a system which gives it stronger political groups , ’ he added . |
| 12 | How come the garage sells it cheaper ? |
| 13 | Stuart Altman , a primatologist at the University of Chicago , has found that the quality of the nutrition a young baboon receives determines it later reproductive success very closely . |
| 14 | Seductive simplicity and relaxed elegance are the key to modern chic — and nobody flaunts it better than the French . |
| 15 | Marie strokes the back of my head , but it just makes it worse . |
| 16 | When the pain is worse ( < ) for the slightest movement and continued motion only makes it worse still . |
| 17 | Headache better ( > ) cool air and motion until they become warmed up which then makes it worse ( < ) ; worse ( < ) lying down , warm wraps and noise . |
| 18 | What makes it worse is that nobody seems to know what happened . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps it makes it worse . |
| 20 | He does n't understand , I suppose , and that makes it worse because he feels more . |
| 21 | The fact that both Linda and I were abused makes it worse because I want to help her , I want to comfort her , I want to care for her , but by doing that I 've got to forget about what 's happening to me . |
| 22 | I think very often you do need professional help and it is n't possible to do it with family and friends because of the interaction that actually makes it worse . |
| 23 | I think that just makes it worse . |
| 24 | That 's what makes it worse . |
| 25 | Most neither know nor care , which makes it worse . |
| 26 | Soon as she sees something going wrong , she comes bowling round spreading sweetness and light , and that just makes it worse . ’ |
| 27 | What makes it worse is the fact that this could be their most significant tour , with the ( temporary ) return of John Lombardo . |
| 28 | She said : ‘ Do n't you think that makes it worse ? ’ |
| 29 | No — do n't drink ; that makes it worse . |
| 30 | ‘ That makes it worse , not better , ’ burst out McAllister . |