Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [adj -er] to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | It must be better to be an alone child than to have a brother like Augustin . |
2 | Furthermore , from a financial point of view it may be worse to be unemployed in London than in Manchester because of the differences in the cost of living . |
3 | It may be easier to be fearful of all sorts of things than to be honest and say to yourself : ‘ The way I feel is entirely my own problem . |
4 | It would be better to be dead . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | The only person there was Gran , and she was asleep , but it would be better to be with her than downstairs in the kitchen , alone . |
7 | It would be better to be stronger in the arms , help could be summoned , but some tasks one did on one 's own . |
8 | She felt now that her future was settled : her uncle would soon go away to sea ; Tristram would be freer to be seen in her company and perhaps , if her prayers were answered , they would be able to persuade Aunt Ann to let them be married . |