Example sentences of "[be] well off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps she would have been better off with the old humbug after all . |
| 2 | As far as the urban working class was concerned they may well have been better off in the fifteenth century than they had been previously or were to be later . |
| 3 | I share her view that industry , commerce and individuals in this country are better off in the European Community than outside it . |
| 4 | The Government 's claim that those on low incomes will be better off under the new scheme , or at least see their financial position protected , is unlikely to be borne out by events . |
| 5 | The existence in the benefit system to which they have access of a generous £10 weekly disregard on income from a top-up loan means that many students in those vulnerable groups will be better off under the new arrangements . |
| 6 | You 'd be better off with the English one . ’ |
| 7 | If society 's resource could be used to make more output , even the poor might be better off in the long run . |