Example sentences of "[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 | As Rioch suggests ( see p. 7 at the beginning of this chapter ) , women psychologists always need to be better to be equal . |
| 3 | Ellen wondered if he had petit mal and looked it up in a medical dictionary — neither of them went to doctors if they could help it — but the entry was not very helpful , and it seemed in any case the kind of symptom it would be better to be vague about , not define , not name , for fear the naming made it worse , less likely to evaporate out of existence . |
| 4 | It would be better to be stronger in the arms , help could be summoned , but some tasks one did on one 's own . |
| 5 | It would be better to be dead . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought it would be good to be free to get on with my own affairs , ’ she said , ‘ but I suffered quite severe depression . |
| 7 | In one sense , in a report about ‘ environmental scanning ’ , it would be good to be able to report that those engaged in that activity had solved this problem of making the information that they deliver , directly usable by those to whom it is delivered . |
| 8 | He decided that it would be best to be plain and friendly . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Put in context , these people do not dominate the scene , but it is good to be aware of them . |
| 15 | ‘ But it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It 's better to be alone when the planes come . ’ |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | It had been a fifty-fifty chance , but it 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 24 | It 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 25 | Still ( Rule of Life No. 1 ) , it 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 26 | In planning public expenditure it is better to be prudent and make a deliberately cautious assumption on the growth of future resources . ’ |
| 27 | My point is , that it is better to be prudent than happy . |
| 28 | This would avoid civil actions , which are often defeated because individual victims , even when they decide to act co-operatively , are rarely a match for corporations who decide it is better to be prudent than just . |
| 29 | ( Although the user may recover before the ambulance arrives , it is better to be safe than sorry . ) |
| 30 | ‘ I hope I have n't alarmed you unnecessarily , but it is better to be safe than sorry . ’ |