Example sentences of "[be] good than [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must surely be better than renting an apartment in a noisy holiday complex . ’ |
| 2 | Whether the son or daughter , which Cruise has said would be better than winning an Oscar , will be with the cou ple before Christmas is unclear . |
| 3 | it 's better than throwing a lot of stuff away . |
| 4 | It 's better than getting a locum in — they cost the earth and sometimes do more harm than good . |
| 5 | Well it 's better than spending a lot of money |
| 6 | It would seem that changing differentials is better than fitting an overdrive as it will broaden all four gears . |
| 7 | Consider the following sentence : ( 21 ) Getting married and having a child is better than having a child and getting married Good arguments will be given in Chapter 3 to suggest that the word and of itself does not mean ( have the semantic content ) " and then " , but is neutral with respect to a temporal dimension . |
| 8 | Facing the dragon of the left corridor was better than facing a typewriting ghost ! |
| 9 | ‘ I was sitting there one day trying to think what was better than climbing a mountain — and suddenly it hit me … climbing two ! ’ he says . |