Example sentences of "be better than [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only potential for sorrow in the poem is the age of Asophus , Florimelia 's father , who nonetheless sleeps easily at night since his virtue and simplicity are better than the vanities of wealth . |
| 2 | There is something very sweet about strolling through the streets of London with a fellow-countryman , and in the privacy afforded by their shining armour of courtesy and concern , to frankly recognize the difficult truth : that they are better than the people around them . |
| 3 | Mud houses , they say , are better than the devastation at home … now with winter around the corner they 're digging deeper for warmth … |
| 4 | After all , what could be better than a get-together with local musicians , listening to your favourite gear played how it should be played , and the all-important bottle of Carlsberg ! |
| 5 | Even for a paedophile , life in Russia might be better than a cell in Long Lartin prison . |
| 6 | As an early morning reviver , or a welcome mid-morning break what could be better than a cup of your favourite coffee ? |
| 7 | Mind you you might be better than the Chancellor at that , but er |
| 8 | The Temptation to defect must be better than the Reward for mutual cooperation , which must be better than the Punishment for mutual defection , which must be better than the Sucker 's payoff . |
| 9 | The Temptation to defect must be better than the Reward for mutual cooperation , which must be better than the Punishment for mutual defection , which must be better than the Sucker 's payoff . |
| 10 | And if the management of secondary school science departments includes the management of review and of staff development then the effect of a whole-team approach to TVEI and the sharing of ideas , expertness and good practice will be better than the effect of teachers accepting TVEI principles on an individual basis . |
| 11 | The professional were not much better than the amateurs at distinguishing the irons but were better than the amateurs at spotting the shaft differences between the woods . |
| 12 | Well it 's better than a kick in the teeth is n't it ? |
| 13 | You have to admit , she 's better than a kick in the wot-nots ! |
| 14 | I think moving 's better than a week of I V P . |
| 15 | A grand view of Horse Guards Parade — oh well it 's better than a view of John and Norma Major . |
| 16 | Well , it 's better than no job at all som I hear them say . |
| 17 | ‘ Fams ’ describes re-starting the Wailers as ‘ rough ’ and it might not be as glorious a gig as playing Zimbabwe 's independence celebrations with Bob , but it 's better than the fate of most reggae elders ; redundancy thanks to computerised ragga . |
| 18 | Clearly a damaged shell is better than no shell at all . |
| 19 | Life in a box is better than no life at all . |
| 20 | Brave , but probably mistaken : even teen success is better than no success at all . |
| 21 | And incidentally , we have also demonstrated to ourselves , yet again , that 5 per cent vision is better than no vision at all . |
| 22 | Five per cent vision is better than no vision at all . |
| 23 | Well , I think you need to recognize that really sales volume is , it it takes us back again to the fact that any customer is better than no customer at all . |
| 24 | Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd told fellow ministers : ‘ A treaty which is somewhat delayed is better than no treaty at all . ’ |
| 25 | As Margaret Peter 's research showed , any systematic approach to spelling , whatever its basis , is better than no approach at all . |
| 26 | The view from a coach is better than no view at all I suppose , but I know which way we preferred to arrive at Rhosili . |
| 27 | Sometimes , sadly , even a bad deal is better than no deal at all . |
| 28 | Gain-up does tend to make the picture look rather grainy , though , so it is best to look on it as a last resort and reserve it for those times when a grainy picture is better than no picture at all . |
| 29 | The maxim that ‘ negative attention is better than no attention at all ’ seems to be an important governing factor in children 's behaviour . |
| 30 | The £18m project , including a government offer to pay for approach roads , will be discussed this month by the Highland Regional Council which must decide whether a private toll bridge is better than no bridge at all . |