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it is better to have no agreement at all than a bad agreement!
hellere ingen aftale end en dårlig aftale!

they say it is better to give a fishing rod than a fish.
på den ene side advarer man om oliens forsvinden og ønsker at fremme alternativer.

it is much better to have a phased approach to improving standards.
det er meget bedre, at standarderne forbedres gradvist.

it is much better to have a debate than to make an unfair decision.
det er meget bedre at tage en diskussion end at træffe uretfærdige beslutninger.

it is better to have more time to get it right.
jeg var beæret over at modtage deres støtte som udpeget formand for kommissionen i juli.

it is much better to have paper bags, for example.
det er f.eks. langt bedre at anvende papirsposer.

mr president, they say it is better to give a fishing rod than a fish.
- hr. formand, man siger, at det er bedre at give en fiskestang end en fisk.

i think it would be far better to have a more in-depth debate.
jeg synes, at det er meget bedre, at vi får en bredere debat med hinanden.

it is better to have a prolonged negotiation, resulting in a good agreement, than a bad one achieved quickly.
det er bedre med en forlænget forhandling, der munder ud i en god aftale, end en dårlig aftale, der er opnået hurtigt.

better to have tax sovereignty and failure than to really tackle the roots of the problem.
det er åbenbart bedre at have skattesuverænitet og problemer end at komme til bunds i problemerne.

perhaps it is better to be a smoker in the countryside than a non-smoker in the town.
måske er det bedre at være ryger på landet end ikke-ryger i byerne.

our starting point has always been that it is better to have a good multilateral international platform than a bad jungle of bilateral agreements.
det har altid været vores udgangspunkt, at en god multilateral international basis er at foretrække frem for en uvejsom jungle af bilaterale aftaler.

it is better to have more votes behind closed doors than to have people ' s representatives in parliament.
hellere lidt flere stemmer bag lukkede døre end folkevalgte repræsentanter i et parlament.

to put it more clearly: it is better to have a second-rate solution than no solution at all.
for at udtrykke det tydeligere: det er bedre at have en mindre god løsning end slet ingen løsning.

this is without doubt related to the general employment situation — better to have a parttime job than none at all.
anerkendelsen af denne form for arbejde er derved steget og har medført lovmæssige bestemmelser.

it is better to have a good programme on the 'clean' car than a thousand references to the quality of life in our documents.'
det er bedre at have et godt program for den 'rene bil' end tusind henvisninger til livskvaliteten i vore dokumenter«.

the crisis was of course exacerbated by the ‘ budget fiasco’ but , in many ways , it is better to have no budget at all than a bad one.
mere end nogensinde er der behov for lederskab, nogen, som tør stå frem med visioner, med det europæiske samarbejde og forsvare de beslutninger, der tages i bruxelles.

i also believe that it is better to have a programme with a little bit of money that is accepted by everyone, than a programme which would always remain at the pilot stage.
jeg tror også, det er bedre med et program med få penge, som alle kan acceptere, end et program, som aldrig bliver andet end et pilotprogram.

5.2.6 therefore the eesc wonders whether, initially, it might not have been better to establish target values rather than a concentration cap.
5.2.6 eØsu spørger således, om det ikke havde været mere hensigtsmæssigt i første række at fastlægge « målværdier » i stedet for grænseværdier.