Example sentences of "[noun] well [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some emigres take to life in the West better than others ; Mullova appears to have adapted almost completely , and says she has no regrets about having left Russia . |
| 2 | Henry said almost apologetically , ‘ I think we could do you a bit better than Cranmer . |
| 3 | After two pints , he felt a bit better and Ted arrived . |
| 4 | This was a million times better than dreams . |
| 5 | Any of them would be a thousand times better than Drummle ! ’ |
| 6 | At a constant 56mph , Volvo claims fuel consumption of 54mpg and exhaust emissions up to 25 times better than California 's 1993 laws , the world 's toughest . |
| 7 | Fewer than one in 100 patients wait over a year for treatment 25 times better than Northern Ireland , where the figure is one in five . |
| 8 | And his first goal tends to get forgotten … but it was 100 times better than Cuntona 's effort a few weeks back , and better than Peles effort … in fact probably the best goal of that type ( 45 yard lobs ) youll ever see . |
| 9 | I went back to Batty Langley , who considered the gardens she designed a thousand times better than Versailles . |
| 10 | It was a thousand times better that England should be a Prussian colony . |
| 11 | Paddy would have seen the trail better than I. He often rode ‘ shot-gun ’ on the roof-rack . |
| 12 | Although some of these defects might eventually be treatable by gene therapy , this would never be possible for all of them , and prevention is in any case better than cure . |
| 13 | Only a few years after claiming that there were no known substitutes , the companies are discovering a wide range of alternatives — including soap and water — which are not only cheaper but in some cases better than CFCs . |
| 14 | I do n't know if it 's fear so much as a matter of getting along with objects better than people . |
| 15 | We have several capital projects which will take us into new and exciting areas and if we ride out this recession better than others we will have the opportunity to make further acquisitions to expand our core activities . |
| 16 | Daylight and ordinary tungsten light do not mix together very well photographically ; on the other hand , fluorescent light is often used in kitchens and this mixes with daylight better than tungsten if ‘ daylight ’ tubes are in use , in which case set the camcorder white balance to the ‘ daylight ’ preset if you have the choice . |
| 17 | The bank defended the terms saying they are a 50 p.c. premium over Midland 's price before last month 's bid proposal , 27 p.c. above net asset value and will give an income 442 p.c. better than Midland 's reduced dividend . |
| 18 | When I 'm fishing from the bank , and the water is choppy , there are few floats better than Drennan ‘ Driftbeater ’ . |
| 19 | I like tea better than coffee . |
| 20 | The syntax was not perfect , perhaps , but it was a great deal better than Higginbotham 's , and the use of such lengthy phrases as " venture to approach " and " await your response " showed some acquaintance with the useful cliches of the language . |
| 21 | I have n't seen a team in Europe that 's a great deal better than England . |
| 22 | So there was , Grizel Huntley acknowledged , and it would be a great deal better if Penny could manage to think a bit more positively . |
| 23 | I like Murgatroyd better than Henry , anyway . |
| 24 | People with less advanced HIV-related illness may tolerate zidovudine better than people with AIDS , so treatment should be started earlier rather than later . |
| 25 | The advice that I have received from those who understand the issue better than I is that it will drive many small convenience stores out of business . |
| 26 | That was two strokes better than Davis , who went into the final round with a three-stroke advantage over his great county rival . |
| 27 | What does interest me about the leaf stem she suggested it should be put in the foyer of County Hall well when Nottingham becomes a unitary stat unitary authority and County Hall is made into an hotel perhaps it would be a bit unfortunate for the visitors to have the leaf stem er when they book in . |
| 28 | Outside London there was only a handful of districts with over 10 per cent of their population living in households with a NCWP-born head Luton and Slough in the South East , Birmingham , Sand well and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands , Blackburn in Lancashire , and the City of Leicester , being the highest at 21.7 per cent in 1981 . |
| 29 | ‘ GIGGS BETTER THAN GAZZA ’ |
| 30 | Convinced that Chicago better because abattoir still functions . |