Example sentences of "well [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better that Aretha Franklin had not been born than that we should endure a drop more of this acid rain of spittle ! |
| 2 | Thus Leo I thought it better that his congregation should keep their fasting for the proper liturgical seasons publicly set aside for it , rather than carry it out as a private ascetic exercise . |
| 3 | It is not that prospects for earnings are 10 p.c. better that they were in the middle of last week , but it is possible to argue that prospects are that much better than they would have been under a Labour government and that the market was discounting such a result . |
| 4 | Better that it 's used to revamp the old chestnut about ‘ how many electricians does it take to change a lightbulb ? ’ in the form of ‘ how many reissues does it take to relaunch a band 's career ? ’ |
| 5 | Better that soldiers or policemen or civilians be murdered and maimed in that corner of the United Kingdom and millions of pounds of property be destroyed than that votes be lost in mainland constituencies . |
| 6 | ‘ Better that we establish priorities of rank from the start . ’ |
| 7 | Far better that its messengers take it only to plants of exactly the same kind where the genes it carries will unite with eggs and form seeds . |
| 8 | It flagged up certain erm items for concern , better that we know than not , not know them . |
| 9 | Much better that the simpler jobs be handled by word processors with intelligent formatting systems while leaving the complex work to those trained to handle it . |
| 10 | Merely supplying their populations with food and money does not remove the true nature of the problem — far better that the conditions be changed by giving opportunity to the inhabitants to provide for themselves , because when the money of the charity runs out , the unsolved problems and starvation return . |
| 11 | It was a thousand times better that England should be a Prussian colony . |
| 12 | And if these stories are to be believed then Jesus was a walker too , liking nothing better that a hearty stroll in the beautiful Mendip Hills in Somerset . |
| 13 | Mossadeq declare that Iran did not need a settlement anyway ; much better that the country proceed as if it had no oil — at least that way it would not be exploited . |
| 14 | Better that we get rid of these people in the Labour Party if they do not want our involvement let them go and form their own party , as a trade union ordinarily formed originally formed the Labour Party ! |
| 15 | A lot of the operations now I do I think I can do better that I 'm now seeing detail that I never saw before with the naked eye . |
| 16 | Far better that we should part now , before all the arrangements go too far , and we are bound by them , and not by our desires . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He probably thought it better that you did n't know . |
| 18 | Far better that workers adopt an ‘ I ’ m all right Jack ’ mentality coupled with the chance to make a bit on the side than that they go on strike and make demands for higher wages in their main jobs . |
| 19 | Better that it should end like this , when justice was not only done but manifestly seen by all to be done . |
| 20 | Better that negotiations should break down than such difficulties be suppressed : a merger which fails is potentially disastrous . |
| 21 | It is splendid news that Mr Smith is able to renounce socialism and even better that Gordon Brown and Tony Blair and even wee Nigel Griffiths are going to pursue the ugly connections between Tory plutocrats and regulations that block the free market . |
| 22 | Better that she should suffer his anger and displeasure than that he should fall into the clutches of the lord of Parfois . |
| 23 | now this could be better , oh yes , slightly better that shot off nicely somewhere |
| 24 | Better that I do n't that I do n't be proud better live in harmony . |
| 25 | After two hours Ii managed to get David to sign the papers knowing full well that , after over 12 years of living in those conditions , I would probably want to die myself . |
| 26 | However , it seems to me that there is something a little perverse in leaving me your notes on the making of the Big Glass when you must have known perfectly well that they contained material I would be certain to find offensive . |
| 27 | I believe that this is because they do everything so well that they do not get excessive pitching movements in their training stall recoveries . |
| 28 | We know very well that during your time in Glasgow you became familiar with the secret and unlawful society styling itself the ‘ United Scotsmen ’ . |
| 29 | The visitor left , forgetting to take her sewing machine , and I left with her , knowing full well that I would never see Aisha again and that news of my forcing the lock on her cupboard would reach my family and the whole village well amplified , so that I 'd end up accused of stealing all of Aisha 's possessions . |
| 30 | Connolly and Wilson , we may agree , lived dangerously ; they took risks , knowing full well that they were not au fait with the latest scholarship , had not mastered ‘ the secondary material ’ . |