Example sentences of "better [adv prt] 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 . |