Example sentences of "'s good to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 2 | You 've thought about it — for maybe a whole five seconds — but before you give him the thumbs up , runs these ten questions by him — it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 3 | It 's better to be safe than sorry — especially at Christmas , as consultant microbiologist Dr Liz Scott tells promotions executive Elizabeth Ollier ( left ) in the BBC Good Food kitchen |
| 4 | Yeah how much effect it does have I do n't know because where but I think it 's it 's really basis you know it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 5 | Manufacturers do put static protection devices on chips so the problem is nowhere near as bad as it was but it 's better to be safe than out of pocket . |
| 6 | He says that the message to doctors is : if there 's any suggestion of meningococcal meningitis use penicillin — it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 7 | It 's better to be alone when the planes come . ’ |
| 8 | Angel tools around London in a black cab , getting into scrapes and surviving by his first rule of life : ‘ It 's better to be lucky than good ’ . |
| 9 | It had been a fifty-fifty chance , but it 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 10 | It 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 11 | Still ( Rule of Life No. 1 ) , it 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 12 | You will feel it 's good to be alive whatever the weather . |
| 13 | At this he remarked , ‘ Yes , on a day like this it 's good to be alive . ’ |
| 14 | But it 's good to be sure . |
| 15 | The presets are actually very usable starting points but it 's good to be able to play a note , press a button and listen to the sound changing until you 're happy with it . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've always liked Ampeg gear , ’ admits John , ‘ and it 's good to be able to try this amp out , because this kind of format is pretty new to me . |
| 17 | Fashion and photography are only very small parts of that , but it 's good to be able to use those things to say something . ’ |
| 18 | He says it 's good to be able to start a musical career when your working life has finished . |
| 19 | Most prisoners are locked up inside so it 's good to be able to work outside . |
| 20 | Most prisoners are locked up inside so it 's good to be able to work outside . |
| 21 | It 's best to be alone when the noises get this loud . |
| 22 | It also puts money into the Yorkshire and Humberside Development Association which is wholly involved and has been for the last two years in trying to get large scale erm strategic inward investment into the county , and erm it is a erm awkwardness I think that it 's best to be open about that the planning policy of the county is out of tune with the day factor activities of the economic development side of the of the county council . |