Example sentences of "be [adj -er] for us [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness . ’ |
2 | For example , if we seek a document on the economic history of Germany and we know that works on history are arranged first by country , then by social process and then by period , it will be easier for us to find this document than if the subdivision was less systematic . |
3 | The guards had always said that they were n't bothered about anyone in British gaols , so we 'd hoped it would be easier for us to get out than for the others . |
4 | ‘ Our wives and our little ones will become a prey ; would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt ? |
5 | Nevertheless it will be the Schrödinger point of view that will be better for us to follow . |
6 | The press scour whole countries for a sighting of the relaxing politician , and friends who might know where he is are propositioned with both money and arguments such as ‘ I am sure you will agree that it would be better for us to find him before the Daily Mirror ’ . |
7 | It is easier for us to do this than it is for the English or Americans . ’ |
8 | Let us suppose that binary oppositions are natural in the sound system of a language , that because of the physical properties of our auditory apparatus it is easier for us to distinguish x/not-x-type contrasts . |
9 | I mean , we 're buying coal which is subsidised abroad so therefore it 's cheaper for us to buy it and bring it in , but what happens when all , all our home supplies have dried up |
10 | I think we 're all agreed that it 's better for us to die honourably together in this way than to risk a worse fate at the hands of the enemy . " |
11 | Thursday 's better for us to go and then nanny took it apart . |
12 | If we can get full pages fine but sometimes it 's better for us to get these . |
13 | ‘ It is better for us to say we are going to have to institute a series of strict priorities . |