Example sentences of "[be] [adv] good than [art] " in BNC.

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1 Greg had been little better than a crook on the business front — and he had very nearly dragged her father — and his stupendous talent — down with him .
2 Showing the insignia of Neutral deities cuts no ice with Thadeus — such gods are little better than the Proscribed Ones .
3 Legalised exports of waste from rich countries to poorer ones are much better than a black market .
4 And also , you know sometimes he 's prices are much better than the supermarket 's prices .
5 Well the men tend to come to our meetings and sit in the back now because their they well what in their words they say , Oh they they 're much better than the lodge meetings .
6 He claims that doctors are bombarded with new and more expensive joints each year with no proof that they 're any better than the cheap ones .
7 So they 're both better than the ?
8 She saw to the side of one of the houses the faded sign for Morgan and family , boot and shoemakers , fastened over what appeared to be little better than a shed .
9 I know you feel you 're justified , that I 'm little better than a fortune-hunter .
10 I 've always known you could be much better than the sort of parts you usually play .
11 The New Zealanders will have quick opensides , and therefore their continuity will be much better than the Lions — and that could be the key to winning the Test series .
12 When Soviet citizens began to question the merits of nuclear energy , they were questioning one of the most basic assumptions of their system : that communism would lead them into the high-tech future , and that the high-tech future would be greatly better than the present .
13 In spite of the fact that a national land use classification has been produced ( DOE , 1975 ) it is very unlikely that the future will be any better than the present , and that national land use statistics will continue to be ( Dickinson and Shaw , 1978 , 299 ) * Both are discussed more fully in Chapter 2 .
14 And do bear in mind that if you do n't hit it 100 per cent , the result is likely to be far better than a less than perfect pitch .
15 I think we should say that we consider that that 's er , would be far better than the old commercial units .
16 For once , the product had turned out to be even better than the advert .
17 But it turned out to be even better than the ads said .
18 This show will be even better than the last one and is not to be missed !
19 Telephone message forms are even better than a pad as they prevent you from forgetting to ask relevant questions .
20 He told the central committee that the new party leader , Mr Petar Mladenov , and many members of the ruling politburo were little better than the old regime .
21 He said officers were being let loose on the roads after three-hour assessments which were little better than the ordinary driving test .
22 Doctor made it clear that in comparing crossroads with a nursing agency , he was not saying that crossroad were any better than the agency but they were less expensive .
23 I wondered if they were any better than the girls toilets cos
24 Note that speaker 1 ( aged twelve — preadolescent ) was incorrectly judged to be white by nearly all respondents , but that the black group were slightly better than the white at identifying speaker 5 ( aged sixteen — adolescent ) .
25 These media were clearly better than the press in helping to combat loneliness and isolation , allegedly more common in the 1970s and 1980s than in the post-war decades , especially among an ageing population .
26 The performance indicators also suggest that the groups ' improvements were marginally better than the individuals ' improvements , as we have already noted .
27 All were second-hand , but they were far better than the stinking rags he had been wearing .
28 They were consistently better than The Who , The rolling Stones … fuck it , they were better than the Beatles !
29 They were consistently better than The Who , The rolling Stones … fuck it , they were better than the Beatles !
30 Although that , the country is still well in the red , the latest deficit , as I mentioned earlier is rather better than the trade gap that was reported in July .
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