Example sentences of "[not/n't] better [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the mobility constraints , is the cooperation of labour not better explained by the fact that employees have little alternative ? |
| 2 | Had he not better make that clear to both the Conservative and Labour Members who still believe that Britain could stay out of the developments that will take place in Europe ? |
| 3 | Is it not better to use a product with a slightly less than exquisite perfume for the sake of the planet as well as our health ? |
| 4 | Were it not better done as other use to sport with Amaryllis in the shade , or with the tangles of Nayera 's hair . ’ |
| 5 | Having had the pleasure of meeting Willy De Roos several years ago he made a great impression on me and although little is publicised about his achievements , it is a shame that they are not better known . |
| 6 | That her novels are not better known is due largely to her extreme modesty about her literary abilities ; but there is no doubt that her concise , deceptively light prose style , reliance on dialogue to carry the plot , and delight in satirical exaggeration influenced both Firbank and Evelyn Waugh [ q.v. ] , and that she has thus left her mark on the development of the twentieth-century novel . |
| 7 | Trafalgar not better known . |
| 8 | If wealth were not better distributed , he was reported as saying , " social gap , social envy , and even social disturbance will happen " . |
| 9 | For Chambers , his witness of doubtful character , he found this Nixonian endorsement : ‘ Is it not better to tell the whole truth in the end than to refuse , as Hiss did , to tell it at all ? ’ |
| 10 | He said he remembered her well , hoped she was flourishing , and had I not better get off to my supper ? |
| 11 | Hussey could not better help Birt and the BBC by standing back . |
| 12 | Even Jack Nicholson was n't better cast . |
| 13 | Owen thought he had n't better mention Monte Carlo . |
| 14 | Predictably , excessive travel , the fact that county pros are n't better treated for the work they do compared to golfers or tennis players , and the lack of consideration for players in the winter . |
| 15 | He had n't better get in my way when I 'm going down there I 'll string him , I 'll make a bastard out of it |
| 16 | And I said , well I 'm gon na give him a ring after tea and then I , we said oh well pras , and Sue will be home tonight so I said well we had n't better ring them ! |