Example sentences of "[be] good than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They 're better than lamp posts and that , cos trees grow out of the ground , so they 're extra special like . |
2 | No not They 're better than Doc Marten 's . |
3 | However , while these dollar values are better than dinar values for the years up to 1983 , they are still not satisfactory , both for the reason given above and because the real value of the dollar has fluctuated considerably during the past ten years . |
4 | But you are better than television ! ’ |
5 | Some modern footgear and small sized chocks would have been better than acid drops on that day ! |
6 | Looking back there was no sibling rivalry problem and in our case ‘ prevention may well have been better than cure ’ . ’ |
7 | Even that would be better than separation . |
8 | It 's got ta be better than work . ’ |
9 | Anything would be better than Spike . |
10 | Heater probe treatment of bleeding ulcer may be better than sclerosis with alcohol for stopping acute haemorrhage . |
11 | Subterfuge was thought to be better than violence . ’ |
12 | This probe had been shown to be better than actin as a control for the amount and quality of total ribonucleic acid loaded . |
13 | ‘ In 1945 , ’ Husband said , ‘ they were trading cigarettes-which were better than gold in those days — for party cards and affidavits that they 'd always been true Worker Youths-once they found themselves in the Russian Zone . |
14 | The basic chemical structure common to promethazine and chlorpromazine provided a good basis from which to begin the search for compounds which were better than chlorpromazine , and in the next few years many came into clinical use . |
15 | No , but it 's better than Foundation 's Edge . |
16 | It 's better than golf . |
17 | Yeah , it 's better than fog in n it ? |
18 | ‘ And that 's better than night , is it ? ’ said Dorcas . |
19 | It 's better than whisky and honey and lemon . ’ |
20 | ‘ That 's better than bread and cheese . ’ |
21 | Well I suppose it 's better than football what they 're playing in n it ? |
22 | Anything 's better than football . |
23 | Anything 's better than football . |
24 | No , Monopoly 's better than Lego . |
25 | Do you think it 's better than lemonade ? |
26 | That 's better than frost . |
27 | And we 're all very worried that we might not be alive for much longer , so we 'll just keep talking , because that 's better than thinking . |
28 | It 's better than Coconut Forgery ! |
29 | It 's better than television . |
30 | It is based on the assumption that the sacred is better than the secular , that the Church is essentially European and only universal by implication , that celibacy is better than marriage , that belief can not go hand in hand with doubt , that the clerical state is more sublime than the lay , and hence that women are excluded from belonging at the level at which this belonging is most valued . |