Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] better [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First published in 1962 and now in its 4th edition ( 1980 ) , this fulfils a role as a reference text rather better than a student text , in that it has hundreds of references but no problems . |
| 2 | While publishing Dawson on ‘ Religion and the Totalitarian State ’ , he selected for notice in the 1934 Criterion a book highlighting persecution of European Jews ; he wrote to Pound speaking of his offence at Pound 's antisemitic remarks ; with regard to the Vichy government in 1941 he wrote in The Christian News-Letter of his ‘ greatest anxiety ’ at news ‘ that ‘ Jews have been given a special status , based on the laws of Nuremberg , which makes their condition little better than that of bondsmen . ’ |
| 3 | A figure much better than the 100,000-plus constantly bandied about by some financial commentators . |
| 4 | Men teachers claim to understand what was required for the review slightly better than women , to experience slightly more preliminary discussion about the review and to take more part in staff questionnaires as a review strategy . |
| 5 | Conditions were far from ideal for batting , with the light never better than moderate : there were two interruptions during the stand ; one for lunch and a second , lasting 27 minutes , for rain . |
| 6 | A few large landowners were stirred by their consciences to build , for reasons of philanthropy rather than economy , new ‘ model ’ cottages and villages , but these were usually on their own estates where conditions were in any case generally better than elsewhere . |
| 7 | As the man who first hired Penn for Vogue magazine and who encouraged him to create the colour still-life that launched his career as a photographer in 1943 , Liberman is also one who knows the artist and his work perhaps better than anyone . |
| 8 | He has summed up the issue much better than I could . |
| 9 | Would you not think a statute prohibiting abortion except in the case of rape distinctly better than a statute prohibiting abortion except to women born in one specified decade each century ? |
| 10 | He became the fourth of the afternoon to be caught behind off one which left him , this time off Watson , who did the stock-bowler 's job much better than Pringle and in Christchurch . |
| 11 | In Britain , however , because of ministerial responsibility and because of the suspicion that the appropriate ministry could do the job much better than a new , inexperienced board ( which usually has a lower calibre of staff ) , the ministries concerned have their own sections on tourism , forestry and the countryside which go over everything the board in question proposes , giving authorizations , suggestions or exercising a veto . |
| 12 | I could prove my point much better if I kept on , I 'm determined , so I kept on . |
| 13 | EDWINA CURRIE turned down the offer of a job in Mr Major 's Government yesterday , saying that someone else could do the job far better than she could . |
| 14 | However , I felt that someone else could do the job far better than I , so I have declined . ’ |
| 15 | The head need n't take the role of guide , a child can often do the job far better than an adult . |
| 16 | Instead , she said , ‘ I 'm sure someone else would do the job far better than I. ’ |
| 17 | Sometimes a crisis focuses the attention far better than if you 're doing well . |
| 18 | He added that while ICI 's vigorous reshaping programme last year helped the company weather the storm slightly better than some of its rivals , the recession still remains its greatest problem . |
| 19 | This turnaround of the external accounts has made the domestic performance of the ecomomy look decidedly better than it has been . |
| 20 | The Official History of the Ryder Cup by Michael Williams is well researched and therefore surprisingly interesting while Ryder Cup ‘ 89 conveys the atmosphere of the event rather better than most instant histories . |
| 21 | Good windsurfing boots or shoes have soft rubber soles so your grip will be far better , and the materials used in them mean that they can withstand use in water much better than running shoes . |
| 22 | Simpson could see that they knew each other much better than he 'd presumed . |
| 23 | Nicklaus , now 52 , was one of 12 players to break 70 with a 69 , a score matched by not only Bernhard Langer and Steve Richardson , of the Europeans , but also Woosnam , who began his defence of the title much better than he had expected . |
| 24 | Not a bit of it — do not know if W. J. Jakimiuk who was responsible for the Chipmunk 's lovely qualities also devised the Beaver 's agile handling , but I should not be surprised if he did , for it flies like a smaller aeroplane , with light forces and a roll-rate much better than that long high-aspect-ratio wing might suggest . |
| 25 | If the more rural areas show up on the whole slightly better than the more populous places that is perhaps a feature that occurs in other aspects of Scottish life ; and let the indwellers in those backward centres of population not repine . |
| 26 | Many people see one particular colour far better than others and , if this is so in your case , this is the colour to paint your pod . |
| 27 | I dared not even glance at " Happy " , but to add insult to injury I gave the order " About turn ! " and they repeated the gazelle-like jump even better than the first time . |
| 28 | Got a bit grazed on the coral , but the national health service here better than at home ! |
| 29 | This has enabled the north to weather this recession far better than any previous recessions and in a way that bears the best comparison with the south . |
| 30 | By the next Prime Minister 's Questions on Thursday she knew the policy rather better than we did . |