Example sentences of "[was/were] no better [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and the last time he said take it away for a week and see if it 's any better , so he took it away and it were no better so he took it down to Paul and somebody from come and had a look at it and said it 's injector problems |
| 2 | Perpendicular without intermission , taking steps of the same length at the same intervals , their arms hanging useless and helpless they were no better than trussed chickens but for their faces which , even in repose , suggested movement no less than a bird 's wings … . |
| 3 | For many emigrants , conditions at sea were no better than for the animals these ships carried . |
| 4 | One youngster who loved to recite to him felt utterly rejected when she heard him remark that ‘ some unsuccessful applicants were no better than this child ’ . |
| 5 | Men who did not take the cross received gifts of distaff and wool , implying that they were no better than women . |
| 6 | Those who delayed , deserted or refused to obey lawful commands were no better than traitors . |
| 7 | He 'd have to say yes , because he 's sorry for us , I heard him tell Richard we were no better than waifs of the storm , and we should ruin the upholstery , and be taking advantage of his kindness . " |
| 8 | Those People treated me as if I were no better than an animal . |
| 9 | In one study , hydrolysed ( peptide based ) diets were no better than steroid plus sulfasalazine treatment . |
| 10 | The cumulative effect was that by Anne 's reign relations between Dissenters and Anglicans in many communities were no better than they had been in the 1680s . |
| 11 | Some said the facilities were no better than when it was just the plain Milton Keynes Bowl , for many it was still worth the travel , the wait , the time to see Bruce . |
| 12 | But er they were no better than and no worse than the the others either . |
| 13 | Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence . |
| 14 | Let his colleagues con themselves if they wished but he knew that Tech-Green , for all its grand , humane claims , was no better than the monetarist governments who 'd reigned and toppled before them . |
| 15 | The heating system in the new schools was no better than that in the old classroom ; for 8 months in 1919 , the boiler was out of commission , and the logbook shows frequent temperatures in the 40s . |
| 16 | In dress he was no better than a brickwork tramp , though , in fairness , he wore a tie . |
| 17 | Thereafter each quite expensive ball-cum-transmitter was no better than a simple ball . |
| 18 | An unsuccessful artist was no better than a lunatic in the eyes of these people . |
| 19 | There was Mrs Moore , the dentist 's wife , mother of his friend who had committed suicide because life did not seem worth living ; and there was Mary Johnson 's mother looking as prim as a prune , not knowing that her daughter was no better than a streetwalker . |
| 20 | His mother flatly refused to receive a daughter-in-law who was no better than one of her own maids . |
| 21 | Equally , a feminist who left a meeting , went home and jumped into bed with hubbie or boyfriend , was no better than a member of the fifth column . |
| 22 | When civilization was no better than barbarism , the whole experiment of humanity was at an end , and it was time to clean the slate . |
| 23 | Her mother said that what he was doing was no better than a husband who runs off with another woman . |
| 24 | Midwinter 's examination of government data concluded that the pupil-teacher ratio of rich L.A.s was no better than that of poor L.A.s . |
| 25 | ‘ I was no better than anyone else . |
| 26 | Ace was n't willing to trust Dubois further than she could throw him , since he seemed to use much the same methods as their enemies ; perhaps that meant he was no better than them . |
| 27 | They had people to do that for them half the time , there was no need for it , but it was as if I had to earn my keep , I had to repay what they 'd done for me , with the people that worked there laughing at me behind my back , wondering where I 'd come from , thinking maybe I was no better than them . |
| 28 | Havvie Blaine , for all his name and lineage , was no better than Terry Rourke . |
| 29 | He was no better than Stair , or Havvie , in his lack of concern for the feelings of those about him , he thought . |
| 30 | She was no better than she should be . |