Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [is] [adj -er] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah how much effect it does have I do n't know because where but I think it 's it 's really basis you know it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 2 | This would avoid civil actions , which are often defeated because individual victims , even when they decide to act co-operatively , are rarely a match for corporations who decide it is better to be prudent than just . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not crazy about the idea , but I guess it 's better to be remembered for something ! |
| 4 | Many transracially adopted children are aware that the darker their skin colour the more undesirable they are to white society ; and many feel it is better to be white than black . |
| 5 | Do you think it 's harder to be a women than a man in today 's world ? |
| 6 | ‘ People say there are courses in the economics of wildlife management , but I think it 's better to be a scientist than a talker . ’ |
| 7 | yeah , so I think it 's better to be on the safe side than er , than rush it |
| 8 | I think it 's safer to be on the bottom . |