Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adj -er] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But sometimes it 's better to keep a low profile . |
| 2 | It 's better to have a private dentist . ’ |
| 3 | So when you see a pair of horses move round and so that you do get them separated as they are , or any animal , not just horses , any animals really , get them separated , er or any , any object really , it 's better to have a little bit of separation . |
| 4 | It 's better to make a new will then they do n't know what you had in before and nobody 's there to argue or question it . |
| 5 | She says many things can go wrong at birth and it 's better to find a new mother for a lamb than to have to hand rear it . |
| 6 | It 's cheaper to fax a one page letter than it is to post it . |
| 7 | I 'm banking on Howarth — and Estabs come to that — concluding that it 's easier to find a forensic biologist than a Document Examiner . " |
| 8 | Excuse the paper … it 's easier to write a longer letter on foolscap paper ! |
| 9 | That 's why , for instance , it 's easier to produce a big conference at the Brighton Conference Centre where there is almost austere simplicity than it is in Blackpool 's charming but inflexible Winter Gardens . |
| 10 | However , region has a history as a concept within geography and it is better to use a new term than to try and alter the definition of a long-established one . |
| 11 | If varnishing a door , it is better to use a 2½ or 3in brush , rather than 1 or 1½in . |
| 12 | In the same way when choosing a frame , it is better to use a wooden or plain gold frame rather than a pastel colour or something that is heavily decorated . |
| 13 | It is better to include a specific provision in the standard terms to prevent a party proving a variation of the standard terms , or a collateral contract , rather than relying on the parol evidence rule . |
| 14 | A black dot can be produced by printing cyan , yellow and magenta dots on top of each other but , since the result is perceived as a kind of muddy brown , it is better to print a single black dot from the black ink reservoir . |
| 15 | It is better to lose a steady two or three pounds a week than to achieve a drastic weight loss more dramatically , only to replace the lost pounds a few months later . |
| 16 | In effect , then , chapter 11 says it is better to keep a firm running than to honour debt agreements . |
| 17 | * I always think that it is better to make a fresh pot of tea than to top up the old pot . |
| 18 | It is better to learn a small section thoroughly than to surface-read it and then have to go back to do the whole thing again . |
| 19 | The object of this book is to give one person 's view on the possible causes of the present situation and to stimulate discussion , hoping that new and , if necessary , radical ideas are created in the spirit that it is better to express a constructive view rather than to passively accept a disagreeable situation with discontent . |
| 20 | In these circumstances , it is better to select a different adjective ( or more extended description ) in the first place , and so be able to dispense with the " very " and the " indeed " . |
| 21 | According to these data , for instance , from the aspect of the viability of the fetus , it is better to have a second child at ages 30–34 than a first child at this age or even at age 24–29 years . |
| 22 | They do n't come cheap , but it is better to have a small , professional album , than to rely on great-uncle Archie and his dodgy instamatic . |
| 23 | For this most unspontaneous of artists , it is better to have a bad reason for something — a tenuous or cabbalistic reason — than to depend on chance , subjectivity and the moment . |
| 24 | Thus , it is better to have a clear , if crude , rule and invite leniency in the case of justifiable transgression , such as passing through a red light in an emergency . |
| 25 | Moreover , whereas it may be easy to collect fixed charges from consumers with telephone or gas installations , it is harder to enforce a fixed charge for the right to travel by rail and a fare per journey reflecting marginal cost . |
| 26 | Because the majority of tiles are simply hooked on to the battens , it is easier to replace a slipped or broken tile with a new unit than it is to replace a nail-fixed tile . |
| 27 | In explaining its operation , it is easier to describe a simpler arrangement that would actually be used in practice . |
| 28 | Everyone seems to agree that it is easier to translate a novel than a poem : that one may appreciate the greatness of Dostoevsky in translation in a way that is not possible ( say ) of Pushkin . |
| 29 | Of course it is easier to design a new business , as Michael Dell did , than redesign an existing one . |
| 30 | It is true , too , that it is easier to harvest a large netful of bream from a river than it is from a stillwater . |