Example sentences of "well [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much better that the simpler jobs be handled by word processors with intelligent formatting systems while leaving the complex work to those trained to handle it . |
| 2 | Merely supplying their populations with food and money does not remove the true nature of the problem — far better that the conditions be changed by giving opportunity to the inhabitants to provide for themselves , because when the money of the charity runs out , the unsolved problems and starvation return . |
| 3 | Mossadeq declare that Iran did not need a settlement anyway ; much better that the country proceed as if it had no oil — at least that way it would not be exploited . |
| 4 | Another consequence of the labelling of Impressionism and other groups by critics was that some artists naturally decided that they themselves could do the same job better than the critics . |
| 5 | On a purely practical basis , the paintings in this instance work better than the camera lens . |
| 6 | The final text leaves this clash alone , free to speak for itself in a world where the reader believes he understands Stepan better than the narrator does . |
| 7 | Triumph did develop the Stag a little , but not enough to make the last of the series significantly better than the first . |
| 8 | With most agents in agreement that the top end of the market has held up better than the bottom end , this widening differential between the values of prime and mass-market housing is likely to increase . |
| 9 | Comparing television with the press , for example , the public rated television a full 1.0 marks better than the press for providing issue-information , and 0.7 marks better on providing leader-information , but only 0.3 marks better for helping viewers and readers decide how to vote ( Table 6.9 ) . |
| 10 | The Bolsheviks proved in the Civil War that they could defend the minorities just as well , or indeed better than the Tsarist regime had done in the Great War . |
| 11 | But for the whole economy the increase is only 1.9 per cent , better than the 1970s but lower than the 1960s . |
| 12 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
| 13 | It is also very good with a buoyant or pop-up boilie set-up and for long range work casts slightly better than the side-hooked option . |
| 14 | Gudgeon are the chief target as they certainly weigh better than the little perch and tiny silver fish , ’ said Steve . |
| 15 | The Vauxhall 's ventilation system offers a plentiful supply of air — better than the Corrado 's — provided the fan is switched on . |
| 16 | Grip is n't merely better than the old car 's , it 's of a different order . |
| 17 | He liked the forked lightning better than the zig-zag kind and now he was gratified by a second many-branched display that seemed to spring and grow from the river itself , blossoming in the sky above the Kingsbrook meadows . |
| 18 | Much better than the quoted loss projected of £12,728 . |
| 19 | It was a drab light and there was no great cheer in it , but it was , at least , better than the dark . |
| 20 | We are not just talking power-dressing for women ; Armani makes men look even better than the fairer sex in a way that 's so thoroughly macho it 's no wonder the world 's aggro merchants have taken him to their hearts as eagerly as Hollywood 's glitterati . |
| 21 | Another influence was The Girls ' Own Paper , which he liked much better than the Boys ' Own version . |
| 22 | The Tottenham manager had said that his team would be tougher than the ones that were overturned by Port Vale and Bradford in notorious FA Cup defeats , and better than the one that struggled against Southend in an earlier round of this competition . |
| 23 | Unskilled workers tend to do better than the professionals , enjoying the advantages of a free market for the first time in their lives . |
| 24 | These are relatively cheap , the games come on easy-to-load cartridges and are , on average , better than the home computer versions . |
| 25 | To which the best answer is : a lot better than the first person in any queue organised by Mr Kaufman . |
| 26 | If Ballesteros was partially responsible for the all those individual successes , then Jacklin may deserve the credit not just for the Ryder Cup but for demonstrating that inspirational leadership , combined with an infinite capacity for detail , can produce a team better than the sum of its parts . |
| 27 | In 1958 regular recruiting went far better than the demographers had predicted , and the Army Council was able to substantiate its claim for a higher manpower ceiling . |
| 28 | To put it crudely , the experts may ( perhaps ) have done better than the widow in Boise , Idaho , would have done for herself , but still a lot worse than using a pin . |
| 29 | He found that in half the cases it would have done better than the buy-out . |
| 30 | There is a state-of-the-art cardiac resuscitation unit , much better than the one on the general medical wards . |