Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [be] better to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be better to be an alone child than to have a brother like Augustin . |
| 2 | It would be better to be dead . |
| 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 | The only person there was Gran , and she was asleep , but it would be better to be with her than downstairs in the kitchen , alone . |
| 5 | It would be better to be stronger in the arms , help could be summoned , but some tasks one did on one 's own . |