Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] [subord] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Longer words are easier to see than short ones . |
| 2 | Oblique aerial photographs are easier to take than vertical ones , but are difficult to use afterwards , as there is distortion of the image . |
| 3 | However , highly polished surfaces are easier to photograph than oiled ones , as reflections are more easily controlled . |
| 4 | These are easier to cut than royal-iced cakes and come with much more attractive decorations . |
| 5 | Whole brown and green lentils are quicker to cook than other pulses and do not need soaking beforehand . |
| 6 | DOME TENTS OFFER LOTS OF SPACE AND ARE LIGHTER TO CARRY THAN OTHER TYPES OF TENT . |
| 7 | Authentic examples are hard to find because fronted predicators are very rare in English . |
| 8 | Young women are not poorly paid because they work for TNCs in export zones , they are poorly paid wherever they work , but TNCs may well employ young women in the zones because they are cheaper to employ than older men in some countries . |
| 9 | Fluorescent lights are mounted on the ceiling , and are cheaper to run than normal lights , but the colour is not so ‘ warm ’ — though you can get special warm white tubes , usually on order . |
| 10 | Low energy-using fridges and washing machines have recently appeared on the market and are cheaper to run than ordinary ones . |
| 11 | They are faster to search than binary trees ( Fredkin , 1960 ; Knuth , 1973 ) , and for this particular application it is apparent that a 26-way tree would be the most efficient structure in order to take full advantage of the alphabet . |
| 12 | Mr Binstead , who says he has investigated many similar offers , none of which have produced loans , said : ‘ We are making inquiries , but we have not been able to establish whether these offers are going to come through . ’ |
| 13 | We must be prepared to adapt as some industries and occupations expand and others contract . |
| 14 | It would be interesting to see whether other mechanisms , besides CDM , are capable of reconciling HDM with observations . |
| 15 | It will be interesting to see whether these objectives are attained . |
| 16 | Personally , I would not object to payment but it would be interesting to see if all users would contribute . |
| 17 | It will be interesting to determine whether direct homologues of pou [ c ] exist in other species and if the class defined by this divergent zebrafish POU protein also contains other members . |
| 18 | So , paradoxically , smaller black holes might actually turn out to be easier to detect than large ones ! |
| 19 | Low-growing crocuses and irises will be easier to manage than full-size daffodils , which get beaten about by wind in exposed situations . |
| 20 | The implementation of local management of schools , the national curriculum , appraisal and the need for marketing all impose demands upon institutions which will be impossible to meet if existing structures are retained . |
| 21 | Jeans salesman David Fish says the correct number should not be hard to remember if 501 wearers simply turn round and examine the big letters printed on their backsides . |
| 22 | But further concessions from these states to Soviet military requirements will in fact be difficult to justify while Soviet officials routinely castigate other developing states for their military concessions to the West . |
| 23 | The advice can be difficult to follow because many women do n't know they 're pregnant until the third month . |
| 24 | No what we said was that if you were interested to see if two variables are associated , this is for a pi squared you might look at sex differences , men and women , and smoking or non-smoking now if they were associated what we 've said is that you might for example ex in fact women 'll probably smoke more than men . |
| 25 | OEM customers , including Dell Computer Corp , AST Research Inc , Compaq Computer Corp , CompuAdd Corp and Toshiba Corp are breathing sighs of relief , but said they were unwilling to comment until final copies are delivered . |
| 26 | A diagram is easier to follow than written instructions . |
| 27 | Anyway , chemical dependency is easier to study than other sorts . |
| 28 | It is impossible to say whether Asian elephants enjoy working . |
| 29 | Although such behaviour corresponds closely to the descriptions of other feral children , it is impossible to know whether these children might have developed similar patterns of behaviour even if brought up in greater contact with people , and it has been suggested that feral children might have been abandoned by their parents because of their behaviour problems . |
| 30 | It is hard to say whether any conclusions may be draw for the British car industry by considering the car industries of other countries . |