Example sentences of "[be] better [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You suspect it might have been better to spend just a little more in return for lots more computing potential and you have every justification in feeling misled . |
| 2 | If they will overload your ‘ listening ’ capacity , it may be better to refuse tactfully but firmly . |
| 3 | Therefore , on balance he thought , reluctantly , it would be better to push forward on to the high ground on the line Thiaumont-Fleury . |
| 4 | it might be better to use like just wait on the edge of like a or something like that the other groundhog just hangs out there , it ca n't go back down in its hole . |
| 5 | ‘ Cleo , ’ Lorimer interrupted , ‘ perhaps it would be better to proceed more delicately . ’ |
| 6 | Well you always thought about going to the Beefeater a bu really I suppose it might be better to go today than tomorrow . |
| 7 | It would be better to say perhaps that electoral systems reinforce existing tendencies , because such systems are themselves the product of diverse constellations of political interests and parties , and of changes in those constellations . |
| 8 | Do n't you think it would be better to belong somewhere ? |
| 9 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Islington , South and Finsbury ( Mr. Smith ) has said , it would be better to have more direct trains to the continent . |
| 10 | I think it would be better to get together with Manchester and get a really good orchestra there . |
| 11 | ‘ It is better to say nothing because no one in the outside world will understand : and it might be better to stay here . ’ |
| 12 | Clenching her fists until the knuckles went white , she reluctantly decided that it would be better to stay here and hope that the Doctor , Howard and Benny made it back . |
| 13 | If your flexibility is limited , it would be better to stand rather more upright with your knees slightly bent . |
| 14 | Anyway , it 's better to go today . |
| 15 | Do n't be tempted to overdose the fish — it 's better to use less when treating with herbal remedies . |
| 16 | For instance , if you 've a long way to go , it 's better to get there slowly than not at all . ’ |
| 17 | If they call you names or they spit at you , or or whatever , it 's better to walk away and live another day than to get your head kicked in and end up in hospital . |
| 18 | There are eight recycling points throughout the city … and if you want to be the complete environmentalist … they say it 's better to walk there or cycle if you can . |
| 19 | It 's better to eat more at meal times . |
| 20 | Trial and error is the best way to learn the timing , and most people discover that it is better to release sooner rather than later . |
| 21 | As the wind increases above this level it is better to go directly to the No 3 to help the stability of the boat rather than changing to the No 2 . |
| 22 | It is better to use only one harp unless there is something really helpful and effective for the second harp to do . |
| 23 | That is , it is better to do too few things at once than too many . |
| 24 | Surely it is better to speak ill of the dead than of the living . |
| 25 | Animals also restrain their aggression because it is disadvantageous to fight stronger opponents — it is better to run away . |
| 26 | For a collector , it is better to pay too much rather than too little . |
| 27 | It is better to discuss realistically what each can expect from the other and how both can contribute to the good of the partnership , before major new changes are made . |
| 28 | It is better to come away with half a dozen good shots which may be sold to clients , than to finish up with six hundred unsaleable frames which will have no further practical use . |
| 29 | If you are still not sure , just remember that it is better to have too many books than too few . |
| 30 | In 1944 the Labour Party , in sharp contrast to its statements at the end of the First World War , declared : ‘ It is better to have too much armed force than too little . ’ |