Example sentences of "[pers pn] is better to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In planning public expenditure it is better to be prudent and make a deliberately cautious assumption on the growth of future resources . ’ |
| 2 | My point is , that it is better to be prudent than happy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ It is better to be beautiful than to be good . ’ |
| 5 | ( Although the user may recover before the ambulance arrives , it is better to be safe than sorry . ) |
| 6 | ‘ I hope I have n't alarmed you unnecessarily , but it is better to be safe than sorry . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We put it in the grammatically imperative mood in order to show up starkly its difference from factual statements , but also to leave room to interpret it according to circumstances as the strong ‘ One ought to be aware of this ’ , or as ‘ It is a good thing to be aware of this ’ , or in diminishing degrees , as the prospect of something coming within one 's range of choice becomes remote , ‘ Other things being equal , it is better to be aware of it than not ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Also if the focus is on an ability to communicate then it is better to be able to see the visual as well as the aural aspects of the interaction . |
| 12 | ‘ Probably just an old peasant , ’ Rainald said , ‘ but ‘ t is better to be careful . |