Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be [adj -er] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be quicker for someone who hears well to reply , particularly when they know the answer and the question is unimportant , but this must be avoided at all cost . |
| 2 | It may be easier for them to talk to a fellow inmate . ’ |
| 3 | Except it may be easier for you cos you 're nearer in age you see . |
| 4 | It may be easier for someone who is a bit older . |
| 5 | and it might be better for me to do it , see you 've got a |
| 6 | It might be better for them to prop up the Ottoman empire for a while longer , but at the same time to keep their options open by maintaining contact with the various factions amongst the Serbs . |
| 7 | I sometimes think it might be better for everyone if I was n't here . |
| 8 | It should not take more than twenty-four hours but it might be better for your wife to go home with Mrs. Bonnard . ’ |
| 9 | The matter crosses delicate and dangerous ground , and it might be better for us both if it remained unexplored . ’ |
| 10 | Indeed given the opportunity it might be better for someone publishing obscene or indecent literature to be charged under one piece of legislation rather than another , since one might permit more or better defences . |
| 11 | ‘ It 'll be better for me to ride him first , as he 's always a bit frisky when he first starts out , ’ Angela told Cheryl when she returned . |
| 12 | It 'll be healthier for 'im than here . ’ |
| 13 | Do you think it 'd be better if you had it bent cos it 'll be easier for you after I 've bandaged it |
| 14 | It could be worse for you . |
| 15 | Oh it 'd be better for him to put that fire on at night time and go over in the morning and switch it off . |
| 16 | It would been better for him to keep kwiet . |
| 17 | And surely it would be nicer for her parents to be alone together , would n't it ? |
| 18 | If the passengers were encouraged to deal with the hijackers themselves , it would be better for their own self respect and for everyone else . |
| 19 | However , I suggested that it would be better for her to come back after another week as this would give her time to think over all that had happened , to listen to the cassette if she wished and to continue to practise her relaxation and visualization techniques . |
| 20 | Though it would be better for her if he was married , she decided . |
| 21 | ‘ I certainly do n't think it would be better for me . ’ |
| 22 | But , so far as I can judge of the matter , I should think that in the interests of the man himself — as a human being facing indefinite detention — it would be better for him to be told the reasons . |
| 23 | Other people have a concept of God so fundamentally false that it would be better for them to doubt than to remain devout . |
| 24 | It would be it would be better for them than doing all the extensions together cos doing all the extension booklets |
| 25 | That having been said , where gaps appear in the Code it would be better for them to be filled by a change in the Code itself rather than by judicial interpretation , for it must not be forgotten that breach of the Code is a disciplinary offence and it would be unfortunate if the officers in the present case , who were rightly not made the subject of any criticism by the court , should even in theory be liable to disciplinary proceedings . |
| 26 | One collector even suggested to Mr Laurentius that no one was really waiting for these new techniques and that it would be better for everyone if he stopped . |
| 27 | One day they came to take us away , saying it would be better for us — what do they know ? |
| 28 | The press scour whole countries for a sighting of the relaxing politician , and friends who might know where he is are propositioned with both money and arguments such as ‘ I am sure you will agree that it would be better for us to find him before the Daily Mirror ’ . |
| 29 | Do you do you not think it would be better for us both to speak to ? speak to her and say obviously you were upset about not getting the job but this non- communication thing is not really erm going to you know be good for the sales office in the long term . |
| 30 | This section explains how the basic pension works and whether it would be better for you to change to paying a full contribution if you do n't already do so . |