Example sentences of "be [adj -er] for they [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas ? |
| 2 | find it had been better for them to have left their in the bank ! |
| 3 | It may be easier for them to talk to a fellow inmate . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Other people have a concept of God so fundamentally false that it would be better for them to doubt than to remain devout . |
| 6 | There are advantages to customers in that it is easier for them to ask questions in a more realistic way in order to ascertain the product 's utility more clearly and quickly . |
| 7 | At night it is easier for them to wander unmolested . ’ |
| 8 | Obviously , it is easier for them to develop in the Second Division rather than the First Division . ’ |
| 9 | It is cheaper for them to get a garden fork and go out digging for their own . ’ |
| 10 | Clearly , it is cheaper for them to operate like this because they do not have regular wage bills to pay . |
| 11 | It 's better for them to see their loved ones as they remember them . ’ |
| 12 | but we 're not allowed to put posters on the walls you know , it 's better for them to stick them at |
| 13 | Surely it is better for them to strive to be literate than to engage themselves in the fruitless task of emulating the speech of the hearing . |
| 14 | If no appropriate child restraint is available for children aged 1 to 4 years old , it is safer for them to wear an adult belt alone , rather than no restraint at all . |
| 15 | But because they have less control over muscles , it 's harder for them to form words and sounds . |
| 16 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 18 | They have as much interest in learning to talk as any other child , but because they have less control over the muscles in the mouth , it 's harder for them to express themselves . |
| 19 | Coun Buttle told members of the personnel committee : ‘ It 's important to stress that men as well as women can be victims of harassment and sometimes it 's harder for them to admit it . ’ |
| 20 | A few are ‘ trying out ’ policing by joining the reserves first , although the common view amongst the reserve police is that it is harder for them to transfer to the regulars than it is for someone without experience to sign up straight away because of the greater number of reasons the police authorities are thereby given for turning them down . |
| 21 | The argument is that it was easier for them to maintain the part of their image of statelessness which consisted of ‘ how we have always done things ’ , than it would have been if they had individually moved into town and settled into a bidonville . |
| 22 | It was easier for them to demand money from the Government than argue plans past their local unions . |
| 23 | It was safer for them to have one old woman occupying part of the place than to leave it empty and risk a group of drifters moving in . |