Example sentences of "[be] good [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Even if you 're better than a master you still have to wait . |
2 | Every department thinks they 're better than the next one . |
3 | I understand they were , they 're better than the general secretary 's anyway . |
4 | They 're better than the last week 's , yes we had trouble with them . |
5 | Erm the really old sheds they 're better than the new ones that |
6 | I 'll have to remember that , cos they 're better than the three hours are n't they ? |
7 | or maybe twenty per cent , ten per cent think they 're better than the teacher thinks they are , ten per cent think that |
8 | nine times out of ten I fucking love a I like erm they 're better than the other fucking superb , I think some of |
9 | Whether we 're bad or not so bad , whether we think we have gone beyond the pale or whether we think we 're better than the other person , we all need a saviour because we 're all sinners . |
10 | They are better than no cheques . |
11 | These are better than the poison-taking and tomb scenes . |
12 | Mr Yeltsin 's chief military aide , Mr Dmitry Volkgonov , said : ‘ We have to find a compromise because the worst negotiations are better than the best war . ’ |
13 | The only potential for sorrow in the poem is the age of Asophus , Florimelia 's father , who nonetheless sleeps easily at night since his virtue and simplicity are better than the vanities of wealth . |
14 | Please do n't take offence : the socialists are better than the rest all the same . |
15 | How shit are you ? ! ’ to every talentless flop-haired indie guitar loser of the past decade — also reveals what anyone sane knew already ; that the reason Erasure are better than the early Depeche Mode or Yazoo is because of Andy Bell . |
16 | By the end , the team results are better than the individuals can produce . |
17 | As you walk through the industrial towns you lose yourself in labyrinths of little brick houses blackened by smoke , festering in planless chaos round miry alleys and little cindered yards where there are stinking dustbins and lines of grimy washing and half-ruinous w.c.s. … at their very worst the Corporation houses are better than the slums they replace . |
18 | Society tells them they 're rubbish , because they ca n't find jobs , but it also tells them that they are better than the blacks . |
19 | ‘ That 's our newest arrival ’ said the Foreman with a laugh ; adding thoughtlessly , ‘ and I 'll bet her conditions are better than the ones you had to put up with in the war . |
20 | The answer is that the surgeons in those units believe that the expensive implants are better than the cheaper models . |
21 | There is something very sweet about strolling through the streets of London with a fellow-countryman , and in the privacy afforded by their shining armour of courtesy and concern , to frankly recognize the difficult truth : that they are better than the people around them . |
22 | Can you us a bit more explanation as to why you say the first three sectors are better than the last three , |
23 | Mud houses , they say , are better than the devastation at home … now with winter around the corner they 're digging deeper for warmth … |
24 | Of course they are better than the chip , chip shop are n't they ? |
25 | These are better than the thick ones ! |
26 | All the vegetable fats are better than the animal |
27 | Cos these are better than the ones |
28 | Are there any aspects of the French administration you think are , that are better than the British approach ? |
29 | Indian and Coloured schooling has , on the whole , been better than the African system , but again , in the ‘ white ’ rural areas there are pockets of severe deprivation . |
30 | ‘ I wonder if it would n't have been better if the Almighty had created us all as — well — as sort of plants . |