Example sentences of "be good [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Would n't it be better to be alive , maybe see things like Antoine — or maybe not see things like Antoine . |
2 | As Rioch suggests ( see p. 7 at the beginning of this chapter ) , women psychologists always need to be better to be equal . |
3 | Ellen wondered if he had petit mal and looked it up in a medical dictionary — neither of them went to doctors if they could help it — but the entry was not very helpful , and it seemed in any case the kind of symptom it would be better to be vague about , not define , not name , for fear the naming made it worse , less likely to evaporate out of existence . |
4 | It would be better to be stronger in the arms , help could be summoned , but some tasks one did on one 's own . |
5 | It would be better to be dead . |
6 | ‘ I thought it would be good to be free to get on with my own affairs , ’ she said , ‘ but I suffered quite severe depression . |
7 | In one sense , in a report about ‘ environmental scanning ’ , it would be good to be able to report that those engaged in that activity had solved this problem of making the information that they deliver , directly usable by those to whom it is delivered . |
8 | He decided that it would be best to be plain and friendly . |