Example sentences of "better [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Government spends less than the budget says it would spend during the year , then it is obviously better off at the end of the year and can then spend more or repay borrowings or reduce taxes . |
| 2 | Instead of asking whether the owners of the enterprise will become better off as the result of the firm 's undertaking productive opportunities , the accountant asks whether society as a whole will become better off by undertaking this project rather than not undertaking it , or by undertaking instead any of a number of alternative projects . |
| 3 | Ironically , the hostel was charging so much in rent that while I did have to stay there , I was better off on the dole with the housing people picking up the bill than in cleaning work and having to pay it myself . |
| 4 | Bank Assistants can not afford to live on their current salaries and , as has been pointed out , a Bank assistant who also happens to be a bread winner would be better off on the Dole ! |
| 5 | I reckon he 'd better off with the music to be honest , I mean |
| 6 | Some people in the Labour Party seem to believe that Labour will be better off without the unions . |
| 7 | You 're better off without the thing . |
| 8 | I sit on the side of the bed and decide maybe Rachel is right : I 'd be better off between the sheets than listening to this dross . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Perhaps he might he better off in the works office ? |
| 12 | You would be better off in the personnel department . |
| 13 | so they 're probably better off in the sweat shop any way |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | ‘ You 'd be much better off in the dining-room , ’ Alexandra said to the mice . |
| 17 | Most of the year , the matrons of Tollemarche regarded their husbands as nuisances better out of the house , but the ball was an occasion for which husbands , sweethearts , even brothers , were in great demand . |