Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] better [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , she had been able to withstand Florentine summers better than any English woman she knew but of late they had begun to tire her , to make her feel that in everything she did she was pushing a large boulder up a hill . |
| 2 | Amateurs adapted to the muddy conditions better than the visitors and dominated the game from the start . |
| 3 | Thomson 's win came mainly due to his ability to handle the windy conditions better than Schuback , who managed just two counts on the opening 10 ends . |
| 4 | This may have been partly because iron hulls resisted the vibration of the early engines better than wooden ones and also because fouling was less of a problem with continuous speeds and shorter voyages . |
| 5 | If it becomes obvious that the first private prison at Wolds , which is to be run by Group 4 , is a success , I hope that the burden on the prison system will be further lightened by the extension of private prison building and private prison management , certainly for remand prisoners as there can be no sensible objection to treating unconvicted prisoners better than convicted prisoners . |
| 6 | Or it may show its need to excel by jumping obstacles better than other horses , or doing the perfect workout in the show ring or dressage arena , producing the most fantastic extended trot when shown in hand , or behaving perfectly with a beginner rider on its back . |
| 7 | Indeed , work published by the Home Office ( Field 1990 ) suggests that other indicators may capture the effect of economic conditions better than unemployment . |
| 8 | In fact , people often articulate consonants better when they whisper ! |
| 9 | My own taste is so eclectic ( or should I say conditioned by the cheapest bargain available ) that I am not evangelical on behalf of any product — except perhaps Valpeda foot balm , which soothes the weary feet better than anything I know , softens hard skin and banishes athlete 's foot . |
| 10 | The patient could not write non-words to dictation , spelled concrete nouns better than abstract nouns , and was poor at spelling function words . |
| 11 | Even man understands his fellow humans better than the language of the animals and other creatures . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , he 's a funny kind of angel , but he understands wild animals better than anyone . ’ |
| 13 | It may help us to understand some of the subsequent developments better if first we have an impression of what was going on in the University of Utah chemistry department in 1988 , up to and around the time of the interaction with Jones . |
| 14 | In spite of Strathclyde 's size , covering half of Scotland and serving 2.3 million people , Mr McNulty said local committees would guarantee accountability and reflect local loyalties better than the council structure proposed by the Scottish Office . |