Example sentences of "[adj -er] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was in agony until a doctor came and passed a catheter to drain the urine away . ’ |
| 2 | It would have been simpler to post the cheque . |
| 3 | It might be simpler to find the total energy in space than the flux crossing a given surface . |
| 4 | The Church of England may have found it easier to accommodate the cult of hygienics and efficiency . |
| 5 | Successive chancellors found it easier to borrow the ready-made currency in the possession of the Gens Redburna in return for Imperial Notes of Hand ; interest was paid on the loans . |
| 6 | It is much easier to see the connection between stress , anxiety and colic , if we remember that problems of the digestive tract caused by stress are also quite common in people . |
| 7 | Devolution made it easier to see the results of their decisions . |
| 8 | By studying science through its pathology rather than through some preconceived criterion , it is easier to see the process as it is . ’ |
| 9 | If we can persuade birds to come and perch on it in a row fairly close together we have obviously made it much easier to see the wire . |
| 10 | It was easier to see the ball during that sacrosanct fortnight . |
| 11 | It is often a good idea to have several small aquaria instead of one larger one , as it is easier to see the animals and to study them when they are in a small volume of water : they can not swim so far or so fast . |
| 12 | Right , but it 's easier to see the point moving than the numbers really . |
| 13 | Yet it is easier to sense the swing of history against traditional religion than to measure it . |
| 14 | In particular , while a scheme can be altered to improve the terms for the target 's shareholders , it is much easier to post a revised offer document without involving the court . |
| 15 | And this in turn makes it easier to connect the various fittings . |
| 16 | As we have seen , it is far easier to parry a direct blow than to stop it forcibly . |
| 17 | Initially pupils often find it far easier to compare a past picture and a present picture than to compare two pictures from different periods of the past . |
| 18 | It would also be a lot easier to implement a new service from scratch , without the legacy of old hospitals and the current hotchpotch of uncoordinated services . |
| 19 | It will make it easier to implement the quality systems which are a key to the success of our business . |
| 20 | It may thus be fairer to compare the Marshall programme with the scale of Eastern European imports rather than American exports . |
| 21 | Although it may be easier to like the look of a classical house , few imagine how pleasant it might be to live in a Tudor Revival one which combines quaint picturesqueness with modern practicalities . |
| 22 | Obviously , it is easier to arrange the layout of the road network and the geometry of individual streets before housing is built on a greenfield site . |
| 23 | Regulators like these restrictions because it makes it easier to monitor the risks banks are taking ; bankers object to the extra cost . |
| 24 | That is , it may be easier to agree a price for a contract for clinical services than to assess cost or cost-effectiveness . |
| 25 | But the main reason is that if they have a crash , it is far easier to treat a wound with no superficial hair and the risk of infection is lessened . |
| 26 | Clearly it will be easier to treat a recessive disease using gene therapy than a dominant one , since it is only necessary to introduce the normal gene , not to remove the mutated copy . |
| 27 | It would be easier to plant the tuber first , in a pot consisting of the above mentioned medium and then to place the pot in a shallow tank . |
| 28 | In that way , it would be easier to plant the clues and let them stumble on them . |
| 29 | If the whole class is involved in researching a topic — which might include using the computer , browsing through the library , watching a video programme — it becomes easier to supervise the work of one small group ( that might , for example , be preparing an interview ) . |
| 30 | Thus , with the recognition that Leapor 's resentment was not a direct consequence of the amount or difficulty of her work , it becomes somewhat easier to isolate the conflict underlying her dismissal . |