Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] it [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The large Fiat saloon parked in the piazza looked ridiculous with a yellow child 's cot strapped to the roof , but this had seemingly been stipulated by the gang to make it easier for them to identify the car . |
| 2 | He ought to have done it through the college got it cheaper . |
| 3 | This gave them a cushion of safety but often meant that the opposition found it easier to make space in midfield . |
| 4 | One of the first things that the Labour party would do would be to change the law to make it easier for trade unions to strike . |
| 5 | On at least one occasion , demonstrators were pinned against the wall to make it easier to assault them . |
| 6 | The pragmatist knows it better than the idealist . |
| 7 | Adding these however not only helps stability but also lifts the base clear of the ground making it easier to use the adjuster key . |
| 8 | The student found it easier to curb his own aggressive feelings to John when he defined John 's anger as a partial manifestation of anxiety . |
| 9 | The bill made it easier for victims of unintentional discrimination — those affected by employment practices which were superficially neutral but had a disproportionate impact on minorities — to win job discrimination lawsuits against their employers . |
| 10 | The length of the bill makes it easier for the birds to reach fruit and the bill colour may help them to recognise their own species , of which there are about forty . |
| 11 | The existing knowledge about the employee from inside the organization makes it easier to decide whether he or she is able to perform the work well . |
| 12 | Since then we 've heard of the BKKS Northern Section 's organisation of the UK 's ‘ first ever ’ winter show on November 14 , when the Section claims ‘ Cooler temperatures at this time of the year make it easier to maintain water quality . |
| 13 | Now today because it 's a little windy we 've rolled up some of the sail out of the way to make it easier for you |
| 14 | The new media offer , as it were , a prism through which we are better able to understand the existing structures of broadcasting : the threat makes it easier to appreciate what will vanish as well as what will come about . |
| 15 | A shower fitment on the bath taps facing the patient makes it easier for him to wash himself thoroughly . |
| 16 | Maureen was upset when she heard that his leave was postponed but the rest of the family thought it better for their mother that she still had Joe 's leave to look forward to , so Maureen said nothing . |
| 17 | Ellen wondered if he had petit mal and looked it up in a medical dictionary — neither of them went to doctors if they could help it — but the entry was not very helpful , and it seemed in any case the kind of symptom it would be better to be vague about , not define , not name , for fear the naming made it worse , less likely to evaporate out of existence . |
| 18 | How come the garage sells it cheaper ? |
| 19 | In too many cases the draughtsman finds it quicker to design a new part than to search through hundreds of drawings for one that fits his task . |