Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | Paddy would have seen the trail better than I. He often rode ‘ shot-gun ’ on the roof-rack . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I like tea better than coffee . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I have n't seen a team in Europe that 's a great deal better than England . |
| 12 | So there was , Grizel Huntley acknowledged , and it would be a great deal better if Penny could manage to think a bit more positively . |
| 13 | People with less advanced HIV-related illness may tolerate zidovudine better than people with AIDS , so treatment should be started earlier rather than later . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Perhaps no one sees this point better than St. Francis . |
| 18 | This is not to suggest ‘ the more the better ’ ; but that there appear to be other measures that portend failure better than leverage ratios . |
| 19 | Mostly , I feel so inadequate that I think almost anyone could do the job better than I. I mean , Karen 's trained and Edna s had a lifetime s experience . |
| 20 | ‘ The gentleman who 'd been in with her would naturally have gone back to his room well before people started stirring . ’ |
| 21 | If microalbuminuria is an appropriate surrogate end point that could replace glomerular filtration rate changes in clinical trials , one can anticipate that enalapril will protect glomerular filtration rate better than hydrochlorothiazide in the long term . |
| 22 | Nothing darkens the directional pate better than John being told by production what he can not have . |
| 23 | To me , the struggle is between anger and ultrasilence and I actually can deal with anger better than ultra-silence . |
| 24 | Season well and heat through gently before serving . |
| 25 | Nobody is better placed to understand the pain and loneliness of the stand-up comic better than Steve Martin . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Mr Crick went on , ‘ But I think bulls like music better than cows . |
| 28 | It was delicate pink coral and enhanced her maroon dress better than gold . |
| 29 | Mantes is able to produce an OPP film for labels that accepts ink well and bonds to the packaging . |
| 30 | Obviously he could n't talk to the police , and it would suit his book better if Vecchi was caught by someone outside his own organisation . |