Example sentences of "[adj] [be] a better [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether this is a better measure of national competitiveness is still unclear . |
| 2 | This was a better start to the day than even Lucy could have hoped . |
| 3 | Still , the new 911 is a better car than the old one , as you 'd expect . |
| 4 | The answer is to make notes either during the interview or immediately after it ; perhaps the latter is a better curse . |
| 5 | 1992 was a better year for waterway birds in the UK , according to the annual survey by members of the British Trust for Ornithology . |
| 6 | Would n't that be a better way of keeping anyway ? |
| 7 | I believe Vigilant was a better seaboat , but I never served any time on her in adverse conditions to find out . |
| 8 | Erm , and we had a a little meeting Margaret , Joan and I , just to go through the agenda for today , and we thought that , we th perhaps five was a better number , erm , because we thought Maisie would be on as she does the bookings , but we would n't expect you to do anything else , Maisie , yeah . |
| 9 | Inefficient 's a better word . ’ |
| 10 | I think if erm if you can avoid a trunk road then that is a preferable solution erm if you 're able to rely on just County Council roads then that is a better solution . |
| 11 | That is a better outcome than an India dominated by the likes of the BJP , or by the Marxist members of Mr Singh 's National Front coalition , or by the woolly minds of Mr Chandra Shekhar 's Socialist Janata Dal . |
| 12 | Well , that 's a better try , Ferg . |
| 13 | That 's a better bit is n't it ? |
| 14 | Well that 's a better ball ! |
| 15 | We need to be of ‘ now ’ and maybe that 's a better way of playing ‘ then ’ . |
| 16 | Surely that 's a better way to deal with machismo than trying to deafen ourselves to its allure . |
| 17 | Well that 's a better way int it ? |
| 18 | That 's a better ratio than most Star Trek clubs . ’ |
| 19 | But blackmail … that 's a better theory , especially if the other doctor had a packet . |
| 20 | Away goes Lawrence now living dangerously pushes this one forward , that 's a better stroke , goes square on the off side to the nearer to the two gullies , fielded by Robin Smith . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure that was a better lunch than my father gave you in Rouen . ’ |
| 22 | But even that was a better success rate than among the nests that were built away from the colony . |
| 23 | I am astonished , surprised is a better word . |