Example sentences of "[noun] [be] good than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , while these dollar values are better than dinar values for the years up to 1983 , they are still not satisfactory , both for the reason given above and because the real value of the dollar has fluctuated considerably during the past ten years . |
| 2 | Questioner : Why do you think that Saturdays and football is better than school ? |
| 3 | Its leader , Holger Nielsen , says he now thinks that a chance to influence Europe 's future is better than dependence on the EC without influence . |
| 4 | Investment is better than cure . |
| 5 | Erm , the partnership agreement er , arose from a clear conviction by both unions that positive trade union action is better than rhetoric . |
| 6 | Principally , the landscaping must be in keeping with the area : gravel is better than tarmac , and interesting features must be retained . |
| 7 | Recycling is better than disposal so before you throw anything away think how you could give it a second life . |
| 8 | The idea that life in the community is better than life in a hospital has , for decades , been an article of faith for mental health workers . |
| 9 | Qaddafi is convinced that nature is better than art ; that society based on natural givens is not only more comfortable and just than one based on acts of will and rational choice , but more likely to survive : ‘ A flourishing garden or field is one in which plants grow , flower , are pollinated and root themselves naturally . |
| 10 | Then people , for some ideological reason , people might say , well , you know , you ca n't say one form of communication is better than another , so that say , I do n't know , I suppose , a kind of feminist belief is better than Paradise Lost or something — well , it might be more acceptable to some people for various reasons , but I say some writing is more rewarding , ultimately some things are better than other things . |
| 11 | Polyunsaturated fats may reduce the amount of fatty deposits in the arteries which cause atherosclerosis , and unsaturated fats , such as vegetable oils , are safer than animal ( saturated ) fats ; soft margarine is better than butter or hard margarine . |
| 12 | Remember that a light application of spray is better than over-spraying . |
| 13 | It is based on the assumption that the sacred is better than the secular , that the Church is essentially European and only universal by implication , that celibacy is better than marriage , that belief can not go hand in hand with doubt , that the clerical state is more sublime than the lay , and hence that women are excluded from belonging at the level at which this belonging is most valued . |
| 14 | No , Monopoly 's better than Lego . |
| 15 | ‘ Jaw , jaw is better than war , war , ’ Sheila had said . |
| 16 | Yet is it possible to assert , he wrote , that work done with a lifting of the heart is better than work done with a contracting of the stomach ? |
| 17 | Debt has been proverbially frowned on : ‘ He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss ’ ; ‘ He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing ’ ; ‘ Out of debt , out of danger ’ ; ‘ Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt ’ ; ‘ Let him that sleeps too sound borrow the debtor 's pillow ’ ; and , but only grudgingly , ‘ Debt is better than death ’ . |
| 18 | Therefore prevention is better than cure . |
| 19 | Prevention is better than cure , so here are some guidelines for avoiding future problems : |
| 20 | Prevention is better than cure , and you should use a lot of deep stances during your basic training . |
| 21 | This case is one which emphatically supports the old axiom : ‘ Prevention is better than cure ’ . |
| 22 | The precautionary principle suggests that , as the future damage done by pollution is often more costly than the extra expense of avoiding it in the first place and in any case it is often unacceptable , even if a money cost ca n't be put on it , then prevention is better than cure . |
| 23 | Corrosion is the main killer of Land Rovers and , as with human ailments , prevention is better than cure . |
| 24 | The saying goes : prevention is better than cure . |
| 25 | Despite the obvious appeal of the ‘ prevention is better than cure ’ maxim , the matter of screening apparently healthy populations for hidden or unreported disease is controversial . |
| 26 | You can use the Alexander Technique as a preventative measure : after all , prevention is better than cure . |
| 27 | PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE |
| 28 | I have known it to be successfully treated with black sulphur powder mixed with water but prevention is better than cure . |
| 29 | Prevention is better than cure and regular attention of the horse 's teeth prevents any unnecessary health problems or vices and will thus ensure a healthy and happy horse . |
| 30 | Sickness may be the absence of health , but health is more than the absence of sickness , so prevention is better than cure . |