Example sentences of "good to be safe " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 2 | Do n't worry if it turns out to be a false alarm — it 's always better to be safe than sorry . |
| 3 | ( Although the user may recover before the ambulance arrives , it is better to be safe than sorry . ) |
| 4 | You 've thought about it — for maybe a whole five seconds — but before you give him the thumbs up , runs these ten questions by him — it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 5 | However , it 's certainly better to be safe than sorry especially better to be safe than sorry especially as one of the symptoms of a d.c. offset at the input would be a similar offset at the output . |
| 6 | However , it 's certainly better to be safe than sorry especially better to be safe than sorry especially as one of the symptoms of a d.c. offset at the input would be a similar offset at the output . |
| 7 | The male started to bully the female , so I removed her to another tank — better to be safe than sorry . |
| 8 | It 's better to be safe than sorry — especially at Christmas , as consultant microbiologist Dr Liz Scott tells promotions executive Elizabeth Ollier ( left ) in the BBC Good Food kitchen |
| 9 | ‘ I hope I have n't alarmed you unnecessarily , but it is better to be safe than sorry . ’ |
| 10 | It 's far better to be safe than sorry ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | However , as it is difficult to know the history of every disk you are presented with then it is better to be safe than sorry . |
| 13 | Manufacturers do put static protection devices on chips so the problem is nowhere near as bad as it was but it 's better to be safe than out of pocket . |
| 14 | However , as it is difficult to know the history of every disk you are presented with then it is better to be safe than sorry . |
| 15 | Perhaps he had a point there , and it was better to be safe than sorry . |
| 16 | He says that the message to doctors is : if there 's any suggestion of meningococcal meningitis use penicillin — it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 17 | Better to be safe than sorry . |