Example sentences of "much better [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | but if I 'd have give it , had to give them some water they 'd have done much better but I , like everybody else we kept hoping it were gon na rain , but ! |
2 | I start to hear everything much better than I normally do . |
3 | On a more phenomenological level , if we wanted some visual analogue to the associationist view of mental life we could not do much better than think of one of those ‘ psychedelic ’ slide-shows popular in the late 1960s , in which lights were projected through oil , producing coloured globs which met , merged and repelled in a series of kaleidoscopic patterns . |
4 | As it happens , he paces himself much better than Corbett and other stand-up comics , and in his own sober way milks the material ruthlessly . |
5 | - The banks start promising to look after you much better than ever before , and to shower you with presents . |
6 | Not as good as yesterday evening when I dined on roast chicken , not very well cooked , but certainly much better than this homely fare . |
7 | ‘ I do n't need it but I 'll do much better than that . |
8 | It is an elegant way to travel , much better than waiting for the buses which , at this time of year , seem to come every other Tuesday . |
9 | Much better than the quoted loss projected of £12,728 . |
10 | Medical treatment for hay fever is now much better than it used to be . |
11 | I feel at ease — much better than I did then . ’ |
12 | ‘ In my opinion the period from three to six is the most important and should be utilised much better than it is today . |
13 | Another influence was The Girls ' Own Paper , which he liked much better than the Boys ' Own version . |
14 | Machines can keep the disparate parts of such a system co-ordinated much better than men can . |
15 | There is a state-of-the-art cardiac resuscitation unit , much better than the one on the general medical wards . |
16 | But the local publican told Jane that these maligned outsiders behaved much better than drunk Councillors . |
17 | They are also very durable , standing up to frost much better than many housebricks , which need the protection of the house roof . |
18 | Being made of metal , often precious metal , coins have tended to survive much better than less durable objects . |
19 | What can be said with certainty is that the Danes still dance a Bournonville ballet much better than any other company , with far greater understanding and sympathy for its original style . |
20 | ‘ But they realise that a partnership government would be better than a Labour government , and much better than a minority government of either party . ’ |
21 | Nicklaus , now 52 , was one of 12 players to break 70 with a 69 , a score matched by not only Bernhard Langer and Steve Richardson , of the Europeans , but also Woosnam , who began his defence of the title much better than he had expected . |
22 | This suggested a hung parliament with Neil Kinnock leading a minority government , and Tory campaigners are furious that the BBC did not mention the party 's share of the vote , which would have shown it performing much better than predicted . |
23 | The larger or very intensive farmers had generally used training to prepare themselves and their men much better than the smaller units . |
24 | He had read many of the books in the library , and knew exactly where every one was , much better than Mr Crangle . |
25 | To be fair , some stations , for example the one at Hinkley Point in Somerset , have worked much better than this description suggests , and the two latest examples , at Heysham in Lancashire and Torness in Scotland , look more promising . |
26 | ‘ But if they ca n't be shifted , there 'll never be room for you , no matter how much better than them you may be at the job . ’ |
27 | Good windsurfing boots or shoes have soft rubber soles so your grip will be far better , and the materials used in them mean that they can withstand use in water much better than running shoes . |
28 | I did , in fact , feel better , certainly better than when the X-rays had been taken , and much better than the period immediately before that . |
29 | Some — especially those in the south or those with a wide range of incentives such as regional and European Community assistance — have done much better than others . |
30 | Now I know they 're absolutely outstanding vehicles , much better than Chrysler has ever done before . |