Example sentences of "be better [prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Other people have a concept of God so fundamentally false that it would be better for them to doubt than to remain devout . |
| 3 | Shall I wait and then put in er would it be better for me to wait and then put in a big lump sum ? |
| 4 | and it might be better for me to do it , see you 've got a |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Our wives and our little ones will become a prey ; would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt ? |
| 11 | Nevertheless it will be the Schrödinger point of view that will be better for us to follow . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |