Example sentences of "[adv] than [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Each smaller work group attempts to perform better than their rival groups in both quality control and in the number of suggestions they offer to improve productivity . |
2 | They are confident of doing better than their 6–1 failure against Old Salopians in 1952 . |
3 | When it comes to Guinness , can UK prosecutors do better than their American counterparts in putting Boesky 's tipoffs to good use ? |
4 | Oldies like ‘ Heaven ’ and ‘ Red Light ’ rattle and hum in grand style , far better than their recorded versions , while their latest single , ‘ Burns My Skin ’ , proves to be a glorious , bloodcurdling emotional release . |
5 | I met executives who knew the inside of a Concorde better than their own back yard , who had telephones stuck permanently to their ears . |
6 | Firth , Hubert and Forge report that some people get on with their mothers-in-law better than their own mothers , but for the most part these relationships are regarded as likely to be tricky : people treat them as an ‘ occupational risk ’ of marriage and regard themselves as ‘ lucky ’ if they work out satisfactorily ( 1970 , pp. 414–15 ) . |
7 | Now what has happened here is that on the previous public enquiry over the Tetsworth site , Tetsworth , Great Milton and various other Parish Councils have the defence of producing sites which they think are appropriate or better than their own site , and they mentioned Wheatley . |
8 | While there are some differences between these various studies , the broad conclusion which emerges is that while in the areas of arts , social sciences , education and business studies mature students perform better than their younger counterparts , in areas such as science , engineering , health related studies and medicine there is some evidence that they are less likely to perform as well . |
9 | Microsoft claims FoxPro 2.5 performed at least four times better than its closest rival , Borland 's Paradox 4.0 , in tests carried out by a third party consultant.FoxPro 2.5 will eventually be released for non-Windows DOS , Apple Mac and Unix platforms . |
10 | All other things being equal , a lighter car will accelerate harder , brake more easily and handle better than its heavier equivalent . |
11 | Even after all these years my English is not so good and I like still honeycake better than your heavy Christmas pudding ! ’ |
12 | The result is that you often know your grandchildren better than your own children ! ’ |
13 | GET TO KNOW ME BETTER THAN MY BEST MATE DOES ! |
14 | In the air at around 3,500 feet I found that , provided one held it with the antenna close to horizontal , the ICOM IC-A20 MkII could produce quite accurate VOR indications at distances of well over 25 nm from the VOR — rather better than my own King KX99 does . |
15 | And yet I know it almost better than my own street . |
16 | Oh God , I hope my belly spoke for me better than my fucking brain , in other words . |
17 | But now that I have I can sense him as a personality much better than his biscuit-rich brother . |
18 | As a public figure hero-worshipped by countless youngsters , his drug-taking was a sad business , but few people in any field have ever used their fame better than his long-distance walks which have raised vast sums for charity . |
19 | Tufnell deserved better than his final return of one for 71 from 31 overs on his Test comeback after that worrying time in hospital with a burst appendix . |
20 | Where a discharger would consistently do better than his existing consent , standards have sometimes been tightened . |
21 | Certainly , it seemed to me , he deserved better than our little company … |
22 | These chambers all have the feature that they are far , far larger inside than their external dimensions suggest they could be . |
23 | Parsons ' view is that the modern industrial family is relatively isolated from society , certainly more so than its pre-industrial predecessor . |
24 | The topic he is speaking on is one which interests him greatly ( much more so than his own lecture topic ) but it is also one on which he is not recognised as an authoritative speaker . |
25 | It is usual to grow on the cuttings for a year so that the stock stems become somewhat thicker than a pencil but rather less so than your little finger . |
26 | The others had gone willingly , but the drivers had a feeling of resentment from the start ; army pay was less than their civilian earnings . |
27 | Should we tamper with majority rule by giving special voting strength to one economic group , beyond what its numbers would justify , because we fear that straight majority rule would assign it less than its just share ? |
28 | If you make PAGE less than its original value or greater than the original value of HIMEM , you will get a " Bad program " error when you try to enter a program line and you may well crash BBCBASIC(Z80) . |
29 | The debtor can not be left with a sum each week less than his protected earnings rate . |
30 | Steer more/turn right QDM less than your required QDM … |