Example sentences of "[adj -er] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 So the piano was nearly always an upright , which was also easier to get close to the horn .
2 This made him easier to take home for the night ; people who would normally never have approached such a beauty felt that they could .
3 As the wind increases above this level it is better to go directly to the No 3 to help the stability of the boat rather than changing to the No 2 .
4 It is far better to lean forward from the hip joints , thus maintaining a lengthening of the entire structure .
5 Surely it is better to speak ill of the dead than of the living .
6 It 's safer to sunbathe earlier in the morning or later in the afternoon , when there is less UVB about but enough ultra-violet A rays to help you get brown .
7 Then again and again , climbing higher and higher to get away from the terrible snorting smoke-blowing , smelly-breathed beast down below .
8 It was harder to work casually in the winter , though .
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