Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were just that bit better than you . |
| 2 | And they 're that bit better than you because they 're able to organise themselves and they do more in day and do it longer and so and so forth . |
| 3 | Once upon a time , she had been able to withstand Florentine summers better than any English woman she knew but of late they had begun to tire her , to make her feel that in everything she did she was pushing a large boulder up a hill . |
| 4 | The images were returned by the on-board TV cameras and yielded detail on the Mercurian surface down to about 1 km across , about as good as the Moon viewed through a telescope with a magnification of × 120 and about 300 times better than the pre-Mariner 10 images . |
| 5 | However what does seem clear is that non-traditional students are capable of performing at least as well and in some cases better than traditionally qualified students throughout British higher education . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | How is this experience better than another ? ’ |
| 9 | When I 'm fishing from the bank , and the water is choppy , there are few floats better than Drennan ‘ Driftbeater ’ . |
| 10 | If you can use some limbs well but not others , the alert opponent will soon ensure that you are always being wrong-footed . |
| 11 | And they 've performed well — in some areas better than the streamed pupils did previously . |
| 12 | And this has really been justified recently in the ‘ O ’ level results of pupils who have now been through the mixed ability system and finished their ‘ O ’ levels in the school , and they performed well — in some areas better than the streamed pupils did previously . |
| 13 | This hunger is better than any other fullness ; this poverty better than any other wealth . |
| 14 | It hardly needs emphasizing that on any question that is interesting , such as social roles of the sexes , we would have to be able to read the historical record better than we now can in order to arrive at any strong conclusions about what is biologically discouraged . |
| 15 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 16 | Perhaps no one sees this point better than St. Francis . |
| 17 | No one knows social security better and no one has a greater social commitment . |
| 18 | Amateurs adapted to the muddy conditions better than the visitors and dominated the game from the start . |
| 19 | There are few things better than the reluctant black smile : worth a hundred dollars . |
| 20 | This does n't mean straining yourself — at every age we can manage some things better than others . |
| 21 | Certainly MacDonald 's international fame was greater than Baldwin 's , and there is some evidence that he maintained a certain touch for foreign affairs well after he had lost it domestically . |
| 22 | Thomson 's win came mainly due to his ability to handle the windy conditions better than Schuback , who managed just two counts on the opening 10 ends . |
| 23 | I know this district better than you ever will , and I say it was a neighbourhood crime . |
| 24 | Cruder , and yet in some ways better than ours . |
| 25 | WOULD ALL TEACHERS PLEASE PUBLICISE THIS OFFER WELL IFF YOU HAVE A LOCAL RALLY THIS TERM . |
| 26 | Public relations well as I 've already outlined there the actual fiasco surrounding the proposed er share repurchase there was a public relations nightmare form beginning to end . |
| 27 | This would be my shopping list : I would like voluntary organisations to accept a continued role as innovators — they perform this role better than anyone . |
| 28 | Well , I thought you might , you might know this church well and have personal , um , memories of it . ’ |
| 29 | We were a darned sight better than them . |
| 30 | None epitomises this spirit better than Volkswagen 's Corrado , here in supercharged G60 form , but Vauxhall 's super-sleek 16-valve Calibra is looking like a strong contender for the crown . |