Example sentences of "better [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Maconie should realise that the Roman Catholic hierarchy does f— all to help AIDS victims , seeing it as a gift from God to rid the world of some of its scum , when it has the power to change attitudes for the better all over the world . |
| 2 | Alternatively , the practice has grown up that if the law is not clear , then , given that the possibility of being prosecuted for a crime or sued for damages may exist , albeit as a remote possibility in England , it is better always for the doctor to err on the side of caution and follow the most conservative or restrictive view of the law . |
| 3 | Of course he thinks it would be better still from the point of view of justice if no one was made to compensate for emotional injury . |
| 4 | Bans had to be introduced to give the fish stocks time to recover , and they are better now in the 1980's than they have been since the mid-1960's . |
| 5 | He felt better now after the initial shock of being hit . |
| 6 | It 's better really in the in the summer when you can come after school |
| 7 | It was clear that the light from this side was better even without the addition of huge windows in the roof . |
| 8 | Rainfall is at its lowest in the east , where summers tend to be better then in the temperate western half of the UK . |