Sentence examples for generally better off from inspiring English sources

The provinces were generally better off under the empire.

Ben is generally better off, but is suffering slightly with higher National Insurance Contributions NICC) as the main NIC rate is increased and will also have higher shopping bills for his wine consumption, with a slight increase in car tax.

"At least in the past 13 years we have seen improvements in our way of life – freedom of speech, democracy, the people generally better off financially," said 42-year-old shop keeper Gul Mohammad.

"With economic growth stronger than expected during the first quarter, a buoyant jobs market and people generally better off, you would expect the market to continue to improve throughout the rest of 2015, if at a more moderate rate compared to recent years".

Republican voters are generally better off than Democrats.

People with less [gum] disease receive more treatment because they are generally better off.

Stopping briefly to help others is okay, but it is generally better to finish off your own work first and then spend all the leftover time to help others.

More generally, we would be better off as a society if we could collectively agree to ignore all slippery-slope arguments that aren't accompanied by evidence that said slope exists.

Oakley said: "We all know the economy is improving, generally people are getting better off, but actually consumers are still struggling and we need to ensure we are focusing on helping consumers at a national level but also at a local level and tailoring policy responses to these local levels".

Generally, Microsoft would be better off suggesting that you can launch nuclear missiles with your phone than suggest that Blackberry users are inconsiderate shilly shalliers.

The current dietary discord, though shrouded in the distraction of details, really comes down to this question: would we in modernized countries be better off generally emphasizing vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, and such as the foundation of our diets; or emphasizing meat, butter, and cheese?