Example sentences of "be better to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Rioch suggests ( see p. 7 at the beginning of this chapter ) , women psychologists always need to be better to be equal . |
| 2 | Would n't it be better to be alive , maybe see things like Antoine — or maybe not see things like Antoine . |
| 3 | It must be better to be an alone child than to have a brother like Augustin . |
| 4 | It would be better to be dead . |
| 5 | However , environments are usually so variable that even if the conditions are good where the animal is now , they probably will not be in a month 's time ; it may then be better to be a hundred miles south . |
| 6 | Ellen wondered if he had petit mal and looked it up in a medical dictionary — neither of them went to doctors if they could help it — but the entry was not very helpful , and it seemed in any case the kind of symptom it would be better to be vague about , not define , not name , for fear the naming made it worse , less likely to evaporate out of existence . |
| 7 | The only person there was Gran , and she was asleep , but it would be better to be with her than downstairs in the kitchen , alone . |
| 8 | It would be better to be stronger in the arms , help could be summoned , but some tasks one did on one 's own . |