Example sentences of "it [be] good to 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 | It 's better to be alone when the planes come . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But it 's 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 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Angel tools around London in a black cab , getting into scrapes and surviving by his first rule of life : ‘ It 's better to be lucky than good ’ . |
| 10 | It had been a fifty-fifty chance , but it 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 11 | It 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 12 | Still ( Rule of Life No. 1 ) , it 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 13 | But it 's good to be sure . |
| 14 | You will feel it 's good to be alive whatever the weather . |
| 15 | At this he remarked , ‘ Yes , on a day like this it 's good to be alive . ’ |
| 16 | The presets are actually very usable starting points but it 's good to be able to play a note , press a button and listen to the sound changing until you 're happy with it . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've always liked Ampeg gear , ’ admits John , ‘ and it 's good to be able to try this amp out , because this kind of format is pretty new to me . |
| 18 | Fashion and photography are only very small parts of that , but it 's good to be able to use those things to say something . ’ |
| 19 | He says it 's good to be able to start a musical career when your working life has finished . |
| 20 | Most prisoners are locked up inside so it 's good to be able to work outside . |
| 21 | Most prisoners are locked up inside so it 's good to be able to work outside . |
| 22 | It 's best to be alone when the noises get this loud . |
| 23 | It also puts money into the Yorkshire and Humberside Development Association which is wholly involved and has been for the last two years in trying to get large scale erm strategic inward investment into the county , and erm it is a erm awkwardness I think that it 's best to be open about that the planning policy of the county is out of tune with the day factor activities of the economic development side of the of the county council . |
| 24 | We have found that it is good to be factual and helpful on these occasions and that always one or two who live opposite , or round the corner or who know the building have been drawn in . |
| 25 | Put in context , these people do not dominate the scene , but it is good to be aware of them . |
| 26 | At the end of the day it is good to be able to think that as you step back to look at the work — especially if you remember to get down from the ladder first . |
| 27 | It is good to be able to talk to somebody who has experienced the whole spectrum of drugs because then they know what the hell you 're talking about , y'know . |
| 28 | Against a background of recession it is good to be able to report that , in 1992 , Wimpol had another profitable year with a positive cash flow and the second highest ever level of sales . |
| 29 | It is good to be able to record that the Senior Elder , despite his recent illness , was able to take his traditional place at the traditional place at the religious book stall . |
| 30 | In planning public expenditure it is better to be prudent and make a deliberately cautious assumption on the growth of future resources . ’ |