Example sentences of "[be] better for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are better for this purpose than the Home and End keys because they work even when the typing line containing the cursor is very short . |
| 2 | ‘ It may be suggested to customers that flour bags which can be washed and used again are better for this purpose than odd bits of paper , although an actual container is best of all . |
| 3 | Articulated crampons have a separate front and heel piece linked in some way , and are better for less than totally rigid leather boots and boots with some curve on the front sole . |
| 4 | Some rackets are better for some shots , some are better for others . |
| 5 | I could not understand why Hindley , who hated him , would want his company , and I felt sure it would have been better for all of us if Heathcliff had never come back . |
| 6 | Grandmother used to say that if it had been possible to take their personalities and shake them together a bit it would have been better for both of them . |
| 7 | I think it will be better for all of us , mother included . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's done it brilliantly again and he 'll be better for that race I can tell you , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Life now may be better for some women , but there are still plenty who are helpless victims … |
| 10 | Have you do you think it it might be better for some of the brighter ones to stretch them , to go through the whole lot do you know what I mean ? |
| 11 | Thus white bread may be better for those at risk of osteoporosis ( thinning of the bones ) , provided the diet has plenty of fibre and B vitamins from other sources , e.g. green vegetables , salads and nuts . |
| 12 | ‘ It would be better for these people to suffer the knock of failing their test once than have a bigger knock afterwards , such as a road accident , ’ she says . |
| 13 | You ought to relax a bit , that would be better for both of you . |
| 14 | Griffiths had in fact suggested that rather than try to create new bridging structures by organizational change , it would be better for both statutory authorities to have clearly defined responsibilities and roles which did not overlap . |
| 15 | Obviously it would be better for both parties if all the sponsorship we need comes from a single organisation . |
| 16 | Obviously it would be better for both parties if all the sponsorship we need comes from a single organisation . |
| 17 | Obviously it would be better for both parties if all the sponsorship we need comes from a single organisation . |
| 18 | Warnock yesterday said : ‘ The incident suggested that Agana is not really behind either me or the team — and if that 's the case it 's better for both parties if he moves on . ’ |
| 19 | But a little heel 's better for this dress . |
| 20 | If the vendor is adamant that it be retained , it is better for all concerned that the deadlock be established early . |
| 21 | They can say , ‘ I 'm sorry there 's nobody on that number , but I know they 'll be back after such-and-such a time ’ , which is better for all concerned . |
| 22 | And I think this one is better for several reasons , I think you can quite clearly see now once you 've had a chance to look at this , the other one we saw , we , we eliminated this boat , we eliminate that post and this boat , or rather we just have this post and the sea beyond . |
| 23 | ‘ It is better for these problems to be dealt with now rather than later . |
| 24 | In outcomes I and II we do as well as one another , but I is better for both of us than II . |
| 25 | In fact , it is better for both of you if the patient is looked after by several people rather than yourself alone , even if you are not at work and could be with him all day every day . |
| 26 | It is better for both partners to attend so that they can discuss the issue and fully appreciate its implications . |
| 27 | The situation in this respect is better for those at the younger end of the group than at the other , but a man or woman who was 40 in 1978 was only 10 in 1948 ; an impressionable age and a time before there was much relaxation in sexual codes . |
| 28 | On each of her periods at Hillmarden he had still clung to the faint hope that she was improving , only to find at the end of a week or a fortnight she had made no progress at all and that when Harry — good baby that he was — occasionally cried , this was enough to make Celia so distraught that Brian was forced to accept that it was better for all concerned if mother and baby remained parted . |
| 29 | In 1901 it was found that a ten-inch disc ( playing for three minutes ) was better for most types of music , even popular songs , and the popular ‘ single ’ was born . |
| 30 | It was better for both of them that she should . |