Example sentences of "[be] [adv] good than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greg had been little better than a crook on the business front — and he had very nearly dragged her father — and his stupendous talent — down with him . |
| 2 | She saw to the side of one of the houses the faded sign for Morgan and family , boot and shoemakers , fastened over what appeared to be little better than a shed . |
| 3 | I know you feel you 're justified , that I 'm little better than a fortune-hunter . |
| 4 | Telephone message forms are even better than a pad as they prevent you from forgetting to ask relevant questions . |
| 5 | Although having a B classification , it is little better than a country lane , yet , despite some sudden halts and reversings and generally slow progress , is a delight to follow . |
| 6 | At times the road is little better than a forestry track . |
| 7 | A word processor is much better than a typewriter in letting you enter and edit your text more easily ; print it out as required with much more flexibility ; save it on disc for future work ; and transfer it through an IT link ( see , for instance , below , under communications ) to a colleague elsewhere . |
| 8 | If the council receives a large number of letters about a development , this will give it an idea of the strength of feeling involved and it is much better than a petition . |
| 9 | That one conception is somehow better than a second , supposing that that can be made out , is of course not the proposition that it is our conception or one of them . |
| 10 | If you want me to identify a fish , remember that a photo , or a drawing , is usually better than a description — and it is no end of help if you give me a clue as to where the fish comes from , even if it 's only the continent . |
| 11 | We can not prevent old age , but we can be aware of its side effects ; we can prevent over-attached dog relationships — and prevention is always better than a cure . |
| 12 | The availability of the combined transport operator 's comprehensive insurance is clearly better than a suit against an uninsured , insolvent issuer of a traditional ocean bill of lading . |
| 13 | Lord Jim , for instance inside she 's really better than a house . " |
| 14 | A polite refusal to comment further is far better than a panic reply . |
| 15 | This program is the best of its kind on the market for page making facilities , it is far better than a number of ‘ Commercial ’ pagemaking programs that are popular with users who only have a dot-matrix printer . |
| 16 | The footpath on the left bank of the burn was little better than a sheep track , but there were clues to its former importance as a droving road over the hills to Byrness in Redesdale . |
| 17 | There was just enough slope in the field to give him a decent run , though she felt sure it must be frustrating for someone so skilled to be stuck on what was little better than a nursery area . |
| 18 | My rather innocent trust crumbled when I realized that as far as the police were concerned , I was little better than a criminal on whom they must keep tabs . |
| 19 | But it was surely unlikely that he had talked over the idea with someone who was little better than a stranger . |
| 20 | And Molly Malone was right : the gangway was little better than a ladder that clung to the ship 's side with fragile tenacity . |
| 21 | The pay was much better than a secretary 's pay , and the work was more interesting . |
| 22 | In fact their performance was slightly better than a control group of subjects who had one night 's sleep deprivation with no prior selective deprivation . |