Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj -er] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wet wood is rather easier to bend than dry but the principal agent for bending wood is heat . |
| 2 | The Prince is rather easier to keep tabs on , but there is always the unforeseen to disrupt even the best-laid plans . |
| 3 | This does not , however , mean that the written form is necessarily easier to make sense of or to follow than speech , nor that this particular set of conventions necessarily advantages English users . |
| 4 | And the new poppy is somewhat cheaper to grow , the researchers find . |
| 5 | It is somewhat easier to see how a rurally-based tradition of collectivism could have survived in pre-industrial Japan , especially in the 250 years of isolationist rule which lasted until the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 6 | To label and discuss — or suppress — this feature of the fabliaux as " obscenity " has proved in the past to be unproductive , and it is perhaps better to talk instead of " marked terms " : colloquial and familiar terms for parts of the body or basic bodily acts which are labelled to varying degrees as vulgar and indecent , and not , normally , to be admitted into serious , careful or respectable discourse . |
| 7 | The second thesis is perhaps easier to grasp . |
| 8 | It is perhaps easier to work with the Germans , whom Britain fought so bitterly in the first half of this century , than with the French or the Italians , whose active roles in the Second World War were prematurely curtailed . |
| 9 | And , thirdly , there is the expectation that the body of knowledge is in some sense developmental or cumulative , though this notion is perhaps easier to relate to the sciences and technology than the social sciences and easier to the social sciences than the arts . |
| 10 | In this conventional hierarchy , it is morally worse to intend harm than to be indifferent whether harm results from one 's behaviour . |
| 11 | If you are using electricity as your method of heating , then it is obviously cheaper to heat the volume of the tanks than the volume of the fish house ! |
| 12 | It is possible to make assumptions about the inter-relationships between the data , but it is obviously better to base these assumptions on thorough analysis . |
| 13 | As far as health , fitness and fast weight loss are concerned , it is obviously better to avoid alcohol while following the F-Plan or any other slimming diet . |
| 14 | It is obviously easier to offer social analysis of a formal institution , with its regularized type of internal organization , and its commonly regulated relations to the rest of society , than even to begin analysis of the relatively informal associations which have been so important in modern cultural life . |
| 15 | It is obviously easier to make an appointment with an individual than organize a group , although once a format programme has been decided , handouts printed , and a venue organized , most of the other organizational tasks can be carried out by clerical and secretarial staff . |
| 16 | In this situation it is obviously easier to find the fish than understand what the feature is that keeps them coming back to that swim . |
| 17 | They may , however , not be exactly what the author would have preferred , as a colour plate which is readily available ( perhaps having been used in another publication ) is much cheaper to use than a new plate which has to be commissioned . |
| 18 | Although it costs more to buy , fluorescent lighting is much cheaper to use than light bulbs ; it uses less electricity , and the tubes last much longer . |
| 19 | It is much cheaper to spend a little longer thinking about them beforehand and getting them right the first time rather than the second , third or fourth time around . |
| 20 | This is lower than both types of silicon-based cell , but the thin-film cell is much cheaper to make . |
| 21 | In the case of a bouquet , it is much simpler to remove some of its contents before you arrange the flowers in a container . |
| 22 | The shorter column of larger numbers is much simpler to add without either making a mistake or losing your place . |
| 23 | It is much worse to begin too soon , he wrote , than not to begin at all . |
| 24 | It is much better to evaluate information needs and establish information flows in advance of the decision-making process than to discover their omission at a later stage . |
| 25 | Whatever access you have , it is much better to plan video sessions into the syllabus . |
| 26 | ‘ The car has been really great here and it is much better to drive , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Although a will can be prepared very quickly in an emergency , it is much better to take ample time to consider carefully what it should say and to make sure that you are happy with the arrangements you have made . |
| 28 | IT IS MUCH BETTER TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF LIGHTNESS , ESPECIALLY AS GOUACHE PAINT IS MUCH DARKER WHEN IT IS DRIED |
| 29 | It is much better to err on the side of lightness , especially as gouache paint is much darker when it has dried . |
| 30 | So far as distance is concerned , it is much better to use time instead , and you wo n't have to worry about speed . |