Example sentences of "better than [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This performs better than pushing a dead middle axle . |
| 2 | Facing the dragon of the left corridor was better than facing a typewriting ghost ! |
| 3 | It 's better than getting a locum in — they cost the earth and sometimes do more harm than good . |
| 4 | A director of the Land and Timber Services , Dr Alastair Frazer , is quoted as saying that : " getting some return of their debt from sustainable forestry is better than getting no return at all " . |
| 5 | Oh it 's better than buying a new one is n't it ? |
| 6 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 7 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 8 | With no ice and the rock wet , what could be better than combining the two ? |
| 9 | Whenever I want to knit bands of reversed stocking stitch now , I know two ways to do it which are much better than using the garter bar . |
| 10 | It must surely be better than renting an apartment in a noisy holiday complex . ’ |
| 11 | That 's better than ca catching the eggs is better than catching the Wagon Wheel . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's much better than ringing the bad one and bringing all the torments of Hell down on yourself for nothing . ’ |
| 13 | It would seem that changing differentials is better than fitting an overdrive as it will broaden all four gears . |
| 14 | It might not be the most complicated game to hit your screen but it 's still a lot better than watching the percentage display crawl up to 100 per cent . |
| 15 | it 's better than throwing a lot of stuff away . |
| 16 | This is fundamentally better than depriving the child of a right to live . |
| 17 | Strach said the relief/celebrations/satisfaction was possibly better than winning the league — Scotland qualifying for the World Cup … ( and some other top sporting moments Ive forgotten about ! ) . |
| 18 | The world number nine agreed that his success was the ideal Wimbledon tonic , noting : ‘ What could be better than winning the tournament ? |
| 19 | Whether the son or daughter , which Cruise has said would be better than winning an Oscar , will be with the cou ple before Christmas is unclear . |
| 20 | Consider the following sentence : ( 21 ) Getting married and having a child is better than having a child and getting married Good arguments will be given in Chapter 3 to suggest that the word and of itself does not mean ( have the semantic content ) " and then " , but is neutral with respect to a temporal dimension . |
| 21 | It would n't be mine , but it 's better than having a could , why did n't you just get a little false tooth like the girl did ? |
| 22 | Moreover , members believe that having their party in office , whatever betrayals it may perpetrate on its supporters in the country , is better than having the opposition take over . |
| 23 | It 's better than having the water . |
| 24 | But over and above other factors such as the growing disenchantment , after long experience , with the Auld Alliance , and the beginning of awareness that living at peace with the English might be better than suffering the massive destruction inflicted during the Rough Wooing , there was one compelling new element : Protestantism . |
| 25 | ‘ He was a student at the university : they were to be married until she decided a career on the stage suited her better than becoming the wife of a Hapsburg cavalry officer . |
| 26 | This is far better than opening a little airbrake , then some more , and then finally having to use full airbrake for the landing in order to avoid overshooting into the far boundary . |
| 27 | He accused some ( unnamed ) Arab states of undermining Arab interests and security on behalf of the USA and warned that Iraq " will not forget the saying that cutting necks is better than cutting the means of living " . |
| 28 | Well it 's better than spending a lot of money |
| 29 | Well , is that better than carrying a bag , you never know do you ? |
| 30 | ‘ I was sitting there one day trying to think what was better than climbing a mountain — and suddenly it hit me … climbing two ! ’ he says . |