Example sentences of "[adv] have been [adj -er] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet would it not have been better for them if 't were not done at all ? |
| 2 | The political ground could not have been better for a new middle party and many , including myself , thought that they could well achieve the breakthrough they sought . |
| 3 | Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas ? |
| 4 | If that is the case , would it not have been better for the hon. Gentleman to keep his own counsel when he stated publicly that we were bound to fail in our negotiations ? |
| 5 | Things could hardly have been worse for her . |
| 6 | This problem must also have been worse for some people because , even though I 'm only 16 , I am 5ft 8ins . |
| 7 | Oh I shall never regret Er I do n't know but I 'm just perhaps one on me own , but er it could n't have been better for because I was a freelance and er I wanted to learn and wanted to get on and they allowed me , they allowed me to do what I wanted . |