Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] better [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are looking for a picture book on Nepal for a present or a memento of a trip then this is certainly as good as , if not better than , many of its rivals . |
| 2 | Overall , though , the Limited probably rides as well as , if not better than , a Golf GTi . |
| 3 | They are fast-moving , colourful , noisy , and as good if not better than anything you can buy for home computers . |
| 4 | By the usual measures of third-world misery — infant mortality , unsafe water , calorie intake , illiteracy — Thais live at least as well as , if not better than , people in other countries with Thailand 's GNP per person of about $1,000 . |
| 5 | Yet had the visitors been England or Australia he may well not have been able to resist the temptation , and this was only partly because they were the leading lights in world cricket ; there was also the racial aspect , in that he passionately wanted to prove that a team of black players led by a black captain was the equal of , if not better than , the white teams . |
| 6 | Warming to his theme , Salisbury presents evidence to show that the quality of education , judged by performance , is as good as if not better than that in larger schools . |
| 7 | Are they as good as , if not better than , the experts you have in your team ? |
| 8 | A poor conference speaker will give the Profitboss a giant ego-boost , maintaining lit belief that he is equal to , if not better than , most of the top professionals in his area . |
| 9 | Run on commercial lines or by organizations like housing associations , the YMCA or religious denominations , the best of these are as good if not better than college halls of residence . |
| 10 | That 's why I 'm glad that WISE thing , I mean it 's about time they bloody realized — I 'm convinced that once a woman gets into science she 's just as good as if not better than , any man . |
| 11 | I got an education there that was as good as , if not better than , that I would have had at Westminster . |
| 12 | Today 's desktop publishing software is as good as , if not better than , any Third Wave composition system ever was . |
| 13 | The computer must , therefore , produce a final printout which is equally as good , if not better than the hand copied finished piece . |
| 14 | However , this may support comments seen elsewhere that BAIE publications are at least as good as , if not better than , many in the commercial sector . |
| 15 | The relatively high completion rates for the ‘ Other NSEs ’ reflects the fact that this includes students with ‘ professional , nursing , technical or secretarial qualifications ’ The pattern which emerges is that students who have been selected on the basis of success in some form of study which prepares them for the demands which will be placed on them in higher education respond as least as well if not better than the traditionally qualified A-level entrants , while those with less evidence of success of this kind find the transition to higher education difficult and are more likely to drop-out . |
| 16 | He is lasting as good as , if not better than the rest of the side . |
| 17 | Today some say they print up as well if not better than photographs taken with modern technology . |
| 18 | We 've designed to modern standards which means there 's less space but the properties are as good if not better than similar properties in the private sector |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , though not better than you . ’ |