Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] better [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By way of final illustration , we can apply Nozick 's refutation to Descartes ' sceptical argument about dreaming , and hence perhaps do better than Descartes did on the last page of the Meditations . |
| 2 | Even after all these years my English is not so good and I like still honeycake better than your heavy Christmas pudding ! ’ |
| 3 | Bear in mind that rabbits always net better when they are running downhill , so take advantage of that if possible . |
| 4 | Breast-fed babies usually survive better than artificially fed babies ( see Chapter 7 ) ( Beaver 1973 ) . |
| 5 | The two short groups , Lapith and Centaur , Centaur carrying off boy , also fit better if transposed . |
| 6 | ‘ You probably know better than me , ’ he said . |
| 7 | As I 'm sure you probably know better than me Miss , the department blows hot and cold |
| 8 | Anyway Si , probably do better than me . |
| 9 | Barristers do better than solicitors , but both do better than lawyers in private practice . |
| 10 | They also do better than most in soilless composts . |
| 11 | Simply to dismiss their work as ‘ pessimistic ’ , however , or to use it emblematically as a naive position which we now know better than to take seriously , seems to me hopelessly to devalue the currency of critique . |
| 12 | Executives who can produce a reliable ‘ diary of events ’ to a court or tribunal often fare better than those who can not . |
| 13 | With his great hands , Jimmy returned the fast serve better than anyone in the history of the game . |
| 14 | Gudgeon are the chief target as they certainly weigh better than the little perch and tiny silver fish , ’ said Steve . |