Example sentences of "good than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the supplier 's point of view , the relationship is better than simply one based on contracts , price and open bidding . |
| 2 | It 's much better than downstairs . ’ |
| 3 | For some countries , including Britain and Spain , it seems likely that a softer , more automatic ERM would be better than both the existing ERM and no ERM at all . |
| 4 | When it is not , it is better than both clergy and congregation resort to speech . |
| 5 | Well , it 's better than just sitting in watching Moira Anderson yowling Caw The Yowes on the television . |
| 6 | Tonight , they 're better than just being workmanlike ( one of my other gripes before ) , graduating through ‘ When Lucy 's Down ’ and the Irishy ‘ She Talks ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Coming down here and talking to people is better than just looking at boards in a Jobcentre , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I try to think of something I can say that 's better than just I 'm sorry , but my brain has dried up . |
| 9 | What is much better than just the security levels is the User Definable menus . |
| 10 | Claire says she makes sure he has a good day out … and Allan says there 's no other way to learn or get better than just climbing |
| 11 | But you then ended up somewhere which was better than where you started off from . |
| 12 | Erm I d I d I do know that the pension rights generally , in E C countries , are better than here . |
| 13 | Anywhere will be better than here . |
| 14 | There was a lot more bang up but conditions were much better than here |
| 15 | Comparative studies in volunteers have shown that activated charcoal is better than either syrup of ipecacuanha or gastric lavage in reducing drug absorption . |
| 16 | Mr Hook 's previous Indian titles on the Plains tribes and Apache were very attractive ; this book is better than either — a really dazzling piece of work . |
| 17 | Margaret Fischl ( Miami , USA ) presented results from ACTG 155 which showed that among symptomatic patients ( CD4<300/L ) who had taken zidovudine for a median of 18–19 months , the combination of zidovudine and zalcitabine ( ddC ) was no better than either zidovudine or zalcitabine alone ( primary end points , first AIDS-defining event or death ; mean follow-up , 17 months ) . |
| 18 | It 's commonly held that instruments are generally better made these days — even the cheap ones — and one of the prime benefits of this is that the purchaser has a better than even chance of buying a worthwhile instrument , regardless of cost . |
| 19 | It may nevertheless be better than even a reasonable harmonium or American organ . |
| 20 | it 's better than fucking better be being late than not being there at all . |
| 21 | And though most people hold that working in any kind of job is better than not working , it is equally important , and not just for individuals but for society as a whole , that children should be educated so that they can find satisfaction outside their work as well as within it , in things other than paid work . |
| 22 | If the customer has taken the trouble to complain ( which is far better than not complaining — the Profitboss would never know about lapses in service otherwise ) , the Profitboss takes the trouble to respond . |
| 23 | And to the normal layman that sounds better than not say nothing at all . |
| 24 | Even if you do n't continue with breastfeeding after the first few days , giving your baby colostrum ( the fluid produced by the breasts immediately after the birth ) has major benefits and is obviously better than not breastfeeding at all . |
| 25 | Still , too much detail is better than not enough , and the experienced user probably wo n't read a fat lot of the manual anyway . |
| 26 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 27 | better than not being able to afford to do it at the moment , |
| 28 | Does n't look very professional but I suppose it 's better than not telling them |
| 29 | Since tomorrow 's materials will be better than today 's , delay is not just pointless procrastination . |
| 30 | Hungry , driving people are what roadside restaurants are all about , and no one knows that better than Forte , the undisputed leaders in the field , serving millions of customers a year at hundreds of roadside locations nationwide . |