Example sentences of "better if " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there is no doubt that we all fly better if we fly regularly and it is a good policy to fly whenever you have the opportunity . |
| 2 | They will perhaps understand even better if they pay particular attention to the fine details of every movement . |
| 3 | An intensive conditioner will work much better if you cover hair with a polythene bag after applying to seal in body heat . |
| 4 | And in an oblique swipe at her critics in the Bush Administration she added : ‘ Those countries protesting at their return would do better if they offered to take some of them . ’ |
| 5 | Those countries which were protesting about the repatriation would do far better if they offered to take some of the boat people themselves . |
| 6 | So there was , Grizel Huntley acknowledged , and it would be a great deal better if Penny could manage to think a bit more positively . |
| 7 | ‘ Better if they paid for some more staff . |
| 8 | However , Daphne told me that the tall spikes of flowers , resembling yellow lupins , last better if stem-rotting bacteria can be kept at bay . |
| 9 | Most of the disputes within the DUP can be understood better if they are seen as ‘ personality ’ clashes rather than if one attempts to find major ideological rifts . |
| 10 | Most studies consider only social behaviour in the herd , or readily observed facts , such as that the horse is easily frightened , or that it will work better if it is rewarded rather than punished . |
| 11 | I think it better if you leave us now . ’ |
| 12 | He argued that families would do better if their members were altruistic . |
| 13 | Young , subordinate females will do better if they mate with a new male . |
| 14 | But because of the bureaucratic necessity to generalize and disregard distinctions too fine for large-scale enforcement and administration , some people are able to do better if they refuse to acknowledge the authority of this law . |
| 15 | Surely if Nick finds Clare attractive first thing in the morning , then nine o'clock at night out to be just as good ( or even better if you 're Clare ) ? |
| 16 | You may be able to ease the tension somewhat by taking a few deep breaths but you will do even better if you are someone who regularly practises some form of relaxation . |
| 17 | In general , any child with hyperkinetic syndrome is likely to fare better if their exposure to synthetic chemicals ( see p 164 and 249 ) can be minimized . |
| 18 | Mother was a grand player , of course … much better than I ever was … but she thought I might do better if someone else taught me , and she was such a busy person with all those old people to care for and Daddy ailing like he was . |
| 19 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 20 | Each proprietary brand of locator has its accompanying transmitter and it must be said that in all four instances these work better if you use the manufacturer 's pairing rather than permutating among the ones available . |
| 21 | Here the consequentialist differs from the non-consequentialist in that some of the latter would stress the importance of people keeping their promises and would consider it better if they did . |
| 22 | Definitely better if you want to increase the power capacity . |
| 23 | To say instead , ‘ I hear you better if I can see your face ’ is more positive . |
| 24 | One needs tact : to say , ‘ I hear you better if I see your face ’ is more promising than telling the boss he mumbles , even if he does ! |
| 25 | The travelling , the exigencies of the business , the constant promotional activity , prolonged absences , his own mercurial nature , made life difficult for Susy if she stayed at home and not much better if she accompanied James on the circuit , something she never much liked to do . |
| 26 | It did well enough , though might have done better if it had covered less ground ; also , in the four years that had elapsed since gathering material for it , public interest in the world role that Americans had taken up in the Kennedy years had largely evaporated . |
| 27 | ‘ It works better if you believe . ’ |
| 28 | But Indian manager Amrit Mathur claimed he had no objections , saying : ‘ There is no evidence that a team plays any better if everyone is in bed by 8pm . ’ |
| 29 | I think I could have done better if I had a different attitude , ’ she said . |
| 30 | It may help us to understand some of the subsequent developments better if first we have an impression of what was going on in the University of Utah chemistry department in 1988 , up to and around the time of the interaction with Jones . |