Example sentences of "be [adj -er] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 You may remember that Cliff wore a thumb pick and two National finger picks , hence the octaves section in bars 9 and 10 would have been easier for him to pick cleanly than if he 'd used a flat pick and no fingerstyle .
2 With family support of the kind practised here in Bristol , the situation would have been easier for me to accept .
3 It would have been better for her to have an abortion , but by the time she told her mother it was too late , so she kept the baby .
4 It would been better for him to keep kwiet .
5 In hindsight , it might have been better for him to have taken up the offer .
6 Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas ?
7 find it had been better for them to have left their in the bank !
8 For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness . ’
9 It would have been better for it to have a uniformly brown plumage .
10 While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ?
11 It may be easier for them to talk to a fellow inmate . ’
12 When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 The so the equations they give you your ability to handle equations means really it would be easier for you to do it without a graph , half the time .
16 If you have any infection , your immune system wo n't be working as well and it will be easier for you to get other infections including HIV .
17 It might be better for them to prop up the Ottoman empire for a while longer , but at the same time to keep their options open by maintaining contact with the various factions amongst the Serbs .
18 Other people have a concept of God so fundamentally false that it would be better for them to doubt than to remain devout .
19 Shall I wait and then put in er would it be better for me to wait and then put in a big lump sum ?
20 and it might be better for me to do it , see you 've got a
21 ‘ It 'll be better for me to ride him first , as he 's always a bit frisky when he first starts out , ’ Angela told Cheryl when she returned .
22 Oh it 'd be better for him to put that fire on at night time and go over in the morning and switch it off .
23 However , I suggested that it would be better for her to come back after another week as this would give her time to think over all that had happened , to listen to the cassette if she wished and to continue to practise her relaxation and visualization techniques .
24 This section explains how the basic pension works and whether it would be better for you to change to paying a full contribution if you do n't already do so .
25 London Underground correctly realised that it would be better for it to make its proposals as a separate Bill , which it has done , and the Bill has now passed through the House .
26 ‘ Our wives and our little ones will become a prey ; would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt ?
27 Nevertheless it will be the Schrödinger point of view that will be better for us to follow .
28 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 ’ .
29 Midani would be able to afford at least that , and a general offer would be cheaper for him to fund because of his existing stake .
30 Legally , it will be harder for anyone to do so now that the separate protocol to which we are not party provides , for those who wish it , the opportunity to introduce such legislation .
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