SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	be better than the [adj]	64
2	[be] better than the [adj]	64
3	[adv] better than the [adj]	22
4	[adv] better than the [adj]	22
5	[is] better than the [adj]	20
6	is better than the [adj]	17
7	[was/were] better than the [adj]	16
8	[be] better than the [adj]	14
9	be better than the [adj]	14
10	[am/are] better than the [adj]	13
11	[verb] better than the [adj]	12
12	was better than the [adj]	12
13	[pron] better than the [adj]	12
14	no better than the [adj]	9
15	[art] better than the [adj]	9
16	no better than the [adj]	9
17	[art] better than the [adj]	9
18	[indef pn] better than the [adj]	8
19	[adj] better than the [adj]	7
20	much better than the [adj]	7
21	're better than the [adj]	7
22	much better than the [adj]	7
23	are better than the [adj]	6
24	[noun] better than the [adj]	5
25	better [noun] than the [adj]	54
26	better [noun sg] than the [adj]	41
27	better [noun pl] than the [adj]	13
28	better than [prep] the [adj]	7
29	better than [prep] the [adj]	7
30	better than the [adj] [adj]	17