Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [be] better for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It might have been better for Butler to have set reason apart from the whole hierarchy of conscience , self love , benevolence , and particular passions and allotted it the role of ascribing different degrees of authority to each , that is , of saying how they ought to relate to each other mutually .
2 Ninety one balls and one four , and not a typical DaSilva innings and one does wonders whether in the end it might have been better for Sri Lanka to play at a more natural game .
3 If these seem relatively modest benefits , it is perhaps more useful to consider whether a more radical and comprehensive anti-monopoly policy would have been better for society .
4 It would have been better for employers and workpeople if they had been in the disciplinary grip of machinery …
5 It would have been better for Andrewes ’ literary reputation , and far better for the history of the next reign if he had not done so .
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