Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 2 | Sometimes it 's quicker than buyin' a pack of fags in the pub . ’ |
| 3 | This seems a useful technique for any situation where a straight piece of wood ends in a curve , since it maintains the visual integrity of the piece and is considerably easier than laminating a number of separate strips ( which I always find slide out of line while being clamped ) . |
| 4 | ‘ And there 'd be nothing easier than popping a cheque in the post to them , or sending them some cast-off woollies , or ladling some soup into them , or offering them advice . |
| 5 | Gestures of solidarity with Lithuania are easier than finding a solution to the issue of Czech-Slovak relations . |
| 6 | She completed the course a few pounds heavier and clutching a diploma for her efforts . |
| 7 | Facing the dragon of the left corridor was better than facing a typewriting ghost ! |
| 8 | It 's better than getting a locum in — they cost the earth and sometimes do more harm than good . |
| 9 | It must surely be better than renting an apartment in a noisy holiday complex . ’ |
| 10 | It would seem that changing differentials is better than fitting an overdrive as it will broaden all four gears . |
| 11 | it 's better than throwing a lot of stuff away . |
| 12 | Whether the son or daughter , which Cruise has said would be better than winning an Oscar , will be with the cou ple before Christmas is unclear . |
| 13 | Consider the following sentence : ( 21 ) Getting married and having a child is better than having a child and getting married Good arguments will be given in Chapter 3 to suggest that the word and of itself does not mean ( have the semantic content ) " and then " , but is neutral with respect to a temporal dimension . |
| 14 | Well it 's better than spending a lot of money |
| 15 | Well , is that better than carrying a bag , you never know do you ? |
| 16 | ‘ I was sitting there one day trying to think what was better than climbing a mountain — and suddenly it hit me … climbing two ! ’ he says . |
| 17 | It is a burden that Russia could do without , but at least it is far cheaper than maintaining an army of occupation in what Richard III might have called the very long winter of discontent . |
| 18 | The inventor , Bart Zoltan , says the device could be made in bulk for under $4 — a good deal cheaper than treating an overdose . |
| 19 | At £54.95 , it is also cheaper than keeping a pet , and needs a great deal less walking ! |
| 20 | He was getting quite practised now , and it was faster than using a key . |
| 21 | Keeping him in quarantine is much wiser than producing a situation in which you might put Iran back in control of the Gulf , after eight years in which the whole of the outside world , including the Soviet Union and the US , built up this great military monster in Iraq , in order to prevent Iran from running the Gulf . |
| 22 | To put it crudely , the experts may ( perhaps ) have done better than the widow in Boise , Idaho , would have done for herself , but still a lot worse than using a pin . |
| 23 | That was the worst thing , worse than stealing a ring , or even the Will . |
| 24 | I think that 's worse than having a filling . |
| 25 | I ca n't imagine anything worse than doing a function for three or four because by the , by the laws of average how the hell are you gon na get it out to them all as it should be ? |
| 26 | To most of us , reading a mathematics book is a lot harder than reading a novel . |
| 27 | ‘ It ca n't be harder than stealing a truck , ’ said Masklin . |
| 28 | Airily we were told by our controlling officer at Gravesend to investigate on a night patrol , and anyone who knows the maze of creeks and rivers on this part of the coast will realise that the odds were much greater than finding a needle in a haystack . |
| 29 | Often , the risk of sharing is far greater than keeping an idea to oneself . |
| 30 | She was now a corporal , much thinner and wearing a lot more make-up than I remembered . |