Example sentences of "better [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Men ’ , Bloch adds , ‘ showed better emotional control . |
| 2 | This argument is based on the fact that X-cells have better spatial resolution than Y-cells while the latter have better temporal resolution , plus the fact that Y-cells tend to respond only transiently to sustained contrast . |
| 3 | Better that than discretion and gentle kindliness . |
| 4 | His best season so far came when he rode 28 winners , and with 22 to his credit already this term , he is on course to better that total . |
| 5 | I ca n't better that . |
| 6 | It was strange , but the thought of her sister marrying one of those terrible Feltons no longer filled her with abhorrence ; far better that than bring a child into the world that was n't wanted and whom her mother had already thrown off for adoption . |
| 7 | The high levels of unemployment , though , will make it difficult to reduce student numbers overall : many planners in Germany , in stark contrast to their counterparts in the UK , think it better that young people should be in university than on the dole . |
| 8 | Better that political parties adopt policies that would encourage people to vote . |
| 9 | ‘ Better that than not , ’ said the thin man . |
| 10 | ‘ Better that than being used , ’ sneered Derek . |
| 11 | Surely ‘ Jaz ’ could better that ; after all his first attempt had nearly got him that far . |
| 12 | It seemed to work better that way because , if I covered Hoffman first , Steve would become restless about what he was doing . |
| 13 | The shutters ' anchor points had to be welded to the hull and , especially at the stern where the windows wrapped round Wavebreaker 's counter , the bolts looked intrusive and ugly , but better that than to be a good-looking boat fifty fathoms down and still sinking . |
| 14 | In fact , we like nothing better that to get involved as early as possible . |
| 15 | ‘ The pitch is huge and the longer the match goes on , the better that should be for us . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , far better that . |
| 17 | Goblins are more intelligent than Orcs and love nothing better that trading and bartering with their slow-witted relatives , because they always come out best . |
| 18 | Having set out to demonstrate how , through its understanding of the structure of history , Marxism was in a position to forecast the future , he came to the conclusion that there was no guarantee that history could promise anything better that what had just passed . |
| 19 | Being at a northern red-brick university , my experience of punk , superficially , was that of wearing silly clothes in defiance of roving squads of hostile engineering students who , in general , liked nothing better that to get drunk and listen to Lindisfarne . |
| 20 | The songs fit better that way with the other items on the disc , with the American spirituals done in relatively simple arrangements , mainly by Melanie Marshall and Hall Johnson but with one , In the Mornin' , by Ives . |
| 21 | It might work out better that way . |
| 22 | ‘ Better that than a coffin , ’ he whispered , adding as he leaned in to retrieve his fiddle : ‘ And if my coffin is half as comfortable ‘ t is a smooth journey I 'll be having to Paradise . ’ |
| 23 | Better that than learning it from my visitors or this evening 's paper , I suppose they thought . |
| 24 | Only Sue Lewis , secretary to Lord Rees , can better that record . |
| 25 | I do n't think there is anybody better that Ellitt in central defence in this country . |
| 26 | ‘ Better that than you should practise all your sweet deceits on me . ’ |
| 27 | Honey spreads better that way . |
| 28 | To admit to being innocent of guile somehow smacked of being undesirable , immature , but far better that than be thought an actress . |
| 29 | Better that than this — emptiness . |
| 30 | So how did we better that in 1992 ? |