Example sentences of "[pron] be better to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would n't it be better to be alive , maybe see things like Antoine — or maybe not see things like Antoine . |
| 2 | Expressions like ‘ do n't want to let the side down ’ , and ‘ it 's better to be a giver than a taker ’ , fall unselfconsciously from the lips of men like Lord Ferrers . |
| 3 | ‘ But it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 4 | ‘ People say there are courses in the economics of wildlife management , but I think it 's better to be a scientist than a talker . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not crazy about the idea , but I guess it 's better to be remembered for something ! |
| 6 | You 've thought about it — for maybe a whole five seconds — but before you give him the thumbs up , runs these ten questions by him — it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 7 | It 's better to be safe than sorry — especially at Christmas , as consultant microbiologist Dr Liz Scott tells promotions executive Elizabeth Ollier ( left ) in the BBC Good Food kitchen |
| 8 | Because after all , it 's better to be ‘ Savlon ’ Safe than sorry . |
| 9 | It seems to me that it 's better to be an actor as far as the critics are concerned . |
| 10 | Angel tools around London in a black cab , getting into scrapes and surviving by his first rule of life : ‘ It 's better to be lucky than good ’ . |
| 11 | Yeah how much effect it does have I do n't know because where but I think it 's it 's really basis you know it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 12 | Manufacturers do put static protection devices on chips so the problem is nowhere near as bad as it was but it 's better to be safe than out of pocket . |
| 13 | It 's better to be alone when the planes come . ’ |
| 14 | It had been a fifty-fifty chance , but it 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 15 | It 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 16 | Still ( Rule of Life No. 1 ) , it 's better to be lucky than good . |
| 17 | He says that the message to doctors is : if there 's any suggestion of meningococcal meningitis use penicillin — it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 18 | There it 's better to be it 's only poor and have your self respect |
| 19 | yeah , so I think it 's better to be on the safe side than er , than rush it |
| 20 | If one is partly responsible already for the general policy of a Church or for anything else , it is better to be more responsible . |
| 21 | In planning public expenditure it is better to be prudent and make a deliberately cautious assumption on the growth of future resources . ’ |
| 22 | Kylie has managed to maintain her sense of humour because she more than anyone understands that in her business it is better to be written about than to be ignored . |
| 23 | Even if it is from a base of ‘ it is better to be in than out ’ , many family doctors are likely to apply to become fundholders . |
| 24 | Mussolini harangued his people long and often , peppering his speeches with slogans like ‘ it is better to be a lion for a year than a sheep for a hundred years ’ . |
| 25 | My point is , that it is better to be prudent than happy . |
| 26 | ( Although the user may recover before the ambulance arrives , it is better to be safe than sorry . ) |
| 27 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
| 28 | We put it in the grammatically imperative mood in order to show up starkly its difference from factual statements , but also to leave room to interpret it according to circumstances as the strong ‘ One ought to be aware of this ’ , or as ‘ It is a good thing to be aware of this ’ , or in diminishing degrees , as the prospect of something coming within one 's range of choice becomes remote , ‘ Other things being equal , it is better to be aware of it than not ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I hope I have n't alarmed you unnecessarily , but it is better to be safe than sorry . ’ |
| 30 | This would avoid civil actions , which are often defeated because individual victims , even when they decide to act co-operatively , are rarely a match for corporations who decide it is better to be prudent than just . |