Since the stakes are so high, would it not be better if he got involved sooner rather than later?
Given the shortage of finance, the minister asked, would it not be better spent on developing scientists and engineers for the future?
He asked himself, Would it not be better to go straight home?
Even if it were true that the product would not perform well, would it not be better to give them what they wanted and finesse the performance issue?
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The DUP's Paul Frew asked if it would not be better to lay two new cables rather than to proceed with further repairs.
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Bishop Harper told the Irish Times that the disestablishment of the Church of England - separating church and state - was something it would "not only get over, but would be the better for it".
Reforming welfare, improving schools and creating jobs would help not just those who want to be better off, but it would also help others out of poverty.
As with the CWC, the U.S. entered into the earlier convention because it did not wish to maintain the relevant military capability and thought it would be better off signing up other nations to a ban -- even one that was wholly unverifiable and unenforceable.
If the problem of rejection could be cracked, not only would transplant patients have a better prognosis, but it would also be easier to match patients to donors, and so more transplants could be carried out using the limited number of organs available.
Surely it would be better to use them, not build trailer homes?
After two days of confusion over contrasting figures, CPRE apologised for its error - but said that it would be better if clean energy statistics were not held by the industry body in question.
But he does not appear to think, as many do, that this was because they thought Srebrenica could not be held and that it would be better to lose it in war than give it up at the peace table in exchange for land elsewhere.
The BBC's business correspondent Joe Lynam said it was not yet clear whether the City would be better or worse off in the long term.
Their defence, David Woods, argued that they had not personally intimidated anyone, and said it would be better for them to be referred to social services.
Well, if they had one-third the courage that those women -- those 2 million women had who have picked up the phone and called, not knowing what to expect, it would be a whole lot better nation.
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And it is great that people are more aware and concerned about issues like climate change, but it would be even better if they supported their elected representatives not to lose their nerve in negotiating effective regulatory instruments in this area.
It would be better to roll the program into the general budget and not have separate earmarked taxes, like any other welfare program.
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It would be better to stop having supper together, he said, not just because of the talk but because it was hard to get enough meat for two people on one ration card.
It would be a tragedy if Thailand were not ready to pay enough to build a better democracy.
Not only would it create three times as many jobs, but those jobs would be better-paying than Walmart jobs.
Although the ground is not yet as ready as he would like it to be, this time he had better strike.
While that's usually not a big deal, for a long movie or show it would be better to be able to prop it up somewhere.
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It would be better if fees for ongoing services were treated as running costs and not rolled-up in a one-off charge on shareholders, he says.
From the police's point of view, however, it would be better if they could actually stop a runaway car by satellite, not just track it.
Many analysts have criticized the poor returns promised by Social Security, but under current circumstances, it would not be possible for a private plan offering the same risk profile to do any better.
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Even then, it is not hard to see circumstances in which the Greeks might think they would be better off defaulting.
Medically, it would have been better to wait to see if the cancer came back so he would not be dealing with the potential longterm health effects of the chemo drugs.
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If you feel that it would be better for you to follow your entrepreneur dreams and drop out of school or not go to college just for this time period, then do it.
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It would be nice, too, if small companies were in better shape, the yen not so strong, consumer demand more brisk, companies less concerned with paying off debt, and the whole economy not so dependent on exports to China.
Eli Lilly may well be the potential mystery bidder for ImClone , but whether or not a published report pegging it as the possible suitor is correct, the pharmaceuticals maker would be better served to stay away.
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