Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] better [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and it was in this field that the pluralists most persistently attempted to combine empirical methods with assumptions which , if they were not entirely Madisonian , at least fitted prevailing norms rather better than the emerging stark elitism . |
| 2 | First published in 1962 and now in its 4th edition ( 1980 ) , this fulfils a role as a reference text rather better than a student text , in that it has hundreds of references but no problems . |
| 3 | A figure much better than the 100,000-plus constantly bandied about by some financial commentators . |
| 4 | I remember the name Hulterstad rather better than the place . |
| 5 | Would you not think a statute prohibiting abortion except in the case of rape distinctly better than a statute prohibiting abortion except to women born in one specified decade each century ? |
| 6 | In Britain , however , because of ministerial responsibility and because of the suspicion that the appropriate ministry could do the job much better than a new , inexperienced board ( which usually has a lower calibre of staff ) , the ministries concerned have their own sections on tourism , forestry and the countryside which go over everything the board in question proposes , giving authorizations , suggestions or exercising a veto . |
| 7 | The head need n't take the role of guide , a child can often do the job far better than an adult . |
| 8 | You know at my age you recall the first twenty years far better than the second — or the third . |
| 9 | If the more rural areas show up on the whole slightly better than the more populous places that is perhaps a feature that occurs in other aspects of Scottish life ; and let the indwellers in those backward centres of population not repine . |
| 10 | I dared not even glance at " Happy " , but to add insult to injury I gave the order " About turn ! " and they repeated the gazelle-like jump even better than the first time . |
| 11 | The ‘ original ’ actually fits Taylor , Walton and Young 's argument rather better than the amended version they quote above which implies at least the possibility of poverty as a cause of ‘ rational ’ crime . |
| 12 | Zambia was wearing some of Tammuz' clothes and Roirbak thought the khaki and green suited hir far better than the dusty black SHe usually favoured . |
| 13 | Gnostic teachers claimed that their dualism explained the origin of evil far better than the orthodox church 's view that the created world comes from a perfectly good and all-powerful God . |
| 14 | It seemed ridiculous in a country that recognised a mixed economy , respected private wealth and acknowledged that a rich man could live in almost every respect infinitely better than a poor one . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll feel stronger a damn sight faster if I move around a bit , ’ he threw at her in a voice little better than a snarl . |
| 16 | I think the original ending is much better and fits into the jigsaw of the novel much better than the second ending . |
| 17 | He 'd known Leverrier rather better than the other masters ; they had shared a common interest in botany . |
| 18 | The larger or very intensive farmers had generally used training to prepare themselves and their men much better than the smaller units . |
| 19 | This ethos fits the ‘ acute ’ model far better than the ‘ chronic ’ one . |
| 20 | Like the scouts at the TT races , it seems , the Japanese studied their subject , and now work the system rather better than the natives do . |
| 21 | Some places fared better for charity than others , the towns probably better than the countryside . |
| 22 | Hardly a welcome comment on the mentality of this nation 's youth who , no doubt , understood Morrissey 's ambiguous lyrics rather better than the tabloids . |
| 23 | Triumph did develop the Stag a little , but not enough to make the last of the series significantly better than the first . |