Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be better [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that 's what I 'd prefer , but in every , you know the majority go against me and they want it in a as I say I I would , I think that it 'd be better placed at the top . |
| 2 | Whilst recognising that the 16–25 age group has a very strong claim to any manpower which might become available , the question arises as to whether it would be better placed at , for example , deanery level serving the needs of the whole age group rather than in an educational establishment serving an important but small minority . |
| 3 | ‘ It would be better sited beside a motorway , where the noise would n't give extra harm . ’ |
| 4 | Or the forthright Mayo farmer — obviously a man of taste — who lays into Charlie Haughey for spending millions of pounds on ‘ interpretation centres which none of the locals want ’ when it would be better used in building factories . |
| 5 | There is more to be said , but it will be better said in reply other related objections . |
| 6 | It can be better seen as a necessary precondition for the continuing existence , not of an individual , as is the case with hunger , but of the species . |