Example sentences of "[adv] off in the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Even once a predator has found a school , the prey fish are better off in the school than they would be alone , as has been proved by the following experiment . |
2 | Yes , yes I do n't think that on our next buy , what with the next year I would be a bit better off in the sense that I should have sold my house , bought something cheaper and have some capital invested so I have a little extra monthly income , I should be living in somewhere that 's cheaper to run |
3 | Perhaps he might he better off in the works office ? |
4 | You would be better off in the personnel department . |
5 | so they 're probably better off in the sweat shop any way |
6 | In the long run the West could help Russia and Eastern Europe more by opening its markets to their produce than by handing over cash — and would immediately make itself a lot better off in the process ( see page 50 ) . |
7 | Yeah probably so yeah , and at this time of year they 're fetching so ridiculous in low money anyway , probably better off in the summer when the lads want to go out , out and about , well they 're not bothered now nobody wants to go anywhere do they ? |
8 | ‘ You 'd be much better off in the dining-room , ’ Alexandra said to the mice . |
9 | Somewhere off in the distance , the sound of Bill Haley was heard . |
10 | There was only birdsong , and a splashing of water somewhere off in the woods . |
11 | They said that one could not solve unemployment on such a scale and that if one invested £1 million in one area , having taken it away from profitable Birmingham or wherever , it would leave us worse off in the end . |
12 | The only life they saw were a few curlews , and once an eagle far off in the west , circling the heights . |
13 | At that moment there was the sound of a horn far off in the forest . |