Example sentences of "well [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better that than discretion and gentle kindliness . |
| 2 | It was strange , but the thought of her sister marrying one of those terrible Feltons no longer filled her with abhorrence ; far better that than bring a child into the world that was n't wanted and whom her mother had already thrown off for adoption . |
| 3 | ‘ Better that than not , ’ said the thin man . |
| 4 | ‘ Better that than being used , ’ sneered Derek . |
| 5 | The shutters ' anchor points had to be welded to the hull and , especially at the stern where the windows wrapped round Wavebreaker 's counter , the bolts looked intrusive and ugly , but better that than to be a good-looking boat fifty fathoms down and still sinking . |
| 6 | ‘ Better that than a coffin , ’ he whispered , adding as he leaned in to retrieve his fiddle : ‘ And if my coffin is half as comfortable ‘ t is a smooth journey I 'll be having to Paradise . ’ |
| 7 | Better that than learning it from my visitors or this evening 's paper , I suppose they thought . |
| 8 | ‘ Better that than you should practise all your sweet deceits on me . ’ |
| 9 | To admit to being innocent of guile somehow smacked of being undesirable , immature , but far better that than be thought an actress . |
| 10 | Better that than this — emptiness . |
| 11 | Better that than spending a miserable lifetime in the Windsor soup … |
| 12 | Better that than going the way of Aldershot . ’ |
| 13 | Better that than buying summat for |
| 14 | No , I know , but we better that and then we specify they 're our modules . |
| 15 | But Jan said it was better working than sitting at home watching the dust settle , even if it was working with a bunch of loonies . |
| 16 | However , better this than the alternative , ‘ Dookeepent-arch ’ , which means ‘ Please , let's never see each other again ’ . |
| 17 | Compact should enable students to make a better informed and , therefore , more appropriate decision about their future at 16+ . |
| 18 | I considered setting the whin bushes alight , but the flowers always looked cheerful when they came out , and the bushes smelled better fresh than burned , so I did n't . |
| 19 | Of course vaccines alone will not prevent child mortality caused by infectious diseases ; better social and economic conditions , and better education about prevention play a major part , as they did in industrialised countries about a century ago . |
| 20 | Public-sector unions threatened a general strike in March 1991 and held protests and demonstrations against police repression and in favour of increased wages and better social and labour conditions . |
| 21 | Well if it was me to keep it balanced I usually put the bigger ones near the bottom or on one side so that the small bit are at the top and the big bits are at the bottom and artistically it looks a bit better balanced but it does n't really matter for the maths where you put it . |
| 22 | There was a good deal of howling from her and a few overripe adjectives , but she was better padded than the seats of the Transit . |
| 23 | Better late than never . |
| 24 | Better late than never . |
| 25 | Better late than never , though . |
| 26 | It was better late than never for the 12 lucky winners of a tennis holiday at the Sport Hotel in Eilat , Israel |
| 27 | ‘ She could have sent that message earlier , but better late than never . |
| 28 | Better late than never . ’ |
| 29 | " Well , better late than never , " Quiss snarled . |
| 30 | ‘ Better late than never , I guess . ’ |