From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishit is better/it would be betterit is better/it would be betterused to give your opinion or make a suggestion about what you think should be done or happenit is better to do something It’s much better to get a proper written agreement.it is better/it would be better if It might be better if you stayed here. → better
Examples from the Corpus
it is better to do something• In this connection it is better to ask the person to collect the goods, rather than deliver them.• Nowhere should the coat be tight, so it is better to buy a size too large rather than too small.• In effect, then, chapter 11 says it is better to keep a firm running than to honour debt agreements.• Sometimes it is better to let the children have free time when they just run around in the garden or hall.• When materials finally degrade, resources are lost for ever, so it is better to reuse them.• Perhaps it is better to say that the direction of her interest turns from outward to inward.• The third rule is that in general it is better to tax than to borrow.• There is also the question of whether it is better to treat on-site or to transport contaminated soil to a specialist plant. 