Example sentences of "do [adv] better " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smiling at her brand-new husband she slid her hand into his , taking him somewhat by surprise although he responded instantly and correctly by giving her short , brown fingers a squeeze and then , realizing he could do rather better , raising them to his lips . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The West German electorate lacks confidence in Chancellor Kohl and his team , but has yet to be convinced that the SPD , with whatever future coalition partner it chooses , will do much better . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't need it but I 'll do much better than that . |
| 5 | If only the population could just manage , by random drift , to get itself over the knife-edge , it could coast down the slope to the Tit for Tat side , and everyone would do much better at the banker 's ( or ‘ nature 's ’ ) expense . |
| 6 | The person or creature — one of your sub-personalities — starts to argue with you , telling you all the reasons why you are wrong , and why you would do much better to believe that life is full of suffering ! |
| 7 | Mr G Douglas Vaisey also suggests that others should start setting the comps : ‘ I 'm sure we [ we ? ] can do much better than Katie Mallett . ’ |
| 8 | We could do much better with donated books . |
| 9 | By 1939 Europe could meet her own needs of agricultural products only in olive oil and wine ; in 1880 she could still do much better than this . |
| 10 | True enough , the stock species Rosa rugosa is often used for hedging , but if that is the hedge you want , you will do much better to buy plants raised for the purpose . |
| 11 | Even if a business was very efficient , he said , it was difficult to generate gross margins of more than 28% , whereas an efficient company in the fast-growing network market could do much better than that . |
| 12 | For them to develop properly they need guidance and a good example , and you ca n't do much better than have somebody like Fergie in your setup — somebody who has done and seen it all . ’ |
| 13 | Despite all their expectations ( and ample campaign funds ) they did not do much better than the GCP in 1954 . |
| 14 | The simple mouse-and-icons approach means putting together new forms or reports ought to be a doddle ; and for functions like queries or browsing , you ca n't do much better than the GUI . |
| 15 | So though it is perfectly practicable to take a trip to Heiden by car ( a direct road leads from Rorschach ) you would do much better to leave the car behind , go along to the station of the Rorschach-Heiden mountain railway near the harbour , take a cogwheel train , sit back in one of the red coaches and enjoy the gradually changing view . |
| 16 | They would do much better to rely just on their three selves . |
| 17 | I hope that the London borough grants scheme , which got into such a terrible muddle last year , will do much better this year in awarding available money to London boroughs . |
| 18 | It is a classic example of the waste of local taxpayers ' money by a foolish council which would do much better to spend the money on the services for which it is statutorily responsible . |
| 19 | The person who creates a crisis in a relationship which is not going well such that the two part company and he or she is able to establish a more suitable and rewarding partnership may do much better than the person who avoids crises and settles for a far from ideal partner . |
| 20 | ‘ The main thing is that we 're bubbling again and the lads know we can do much better . ’ |
| 21 | If he backed Yeltsin , he might do much better . |
| 22 | Phyllis recalls that her school reports all ended on the same note : ‘ If she put as much energy into her work as into her play , she would do much better ’ . |
| 23 | SPD still fails to ride the wave : Setbacks for Chancellor Kohl and his team have not convinced voters the Social Democrats would do any better , writes John Eisenhammer |
| 24 | If we must be so very careful , then , in using what people write about themselves , would we do any better to turn to what other people have to write ? |
| 25 | Sorry I ca n't do any better . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We can scarcely do any better in terms of results we 're winning regularly , we 're second in the League , still in the Cup … but given what 's happening off the pitch , it 's a bloody miracle we 're not bottom . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't think a president would do any better and certainly would n't be any cheaper . ’ |
| 28 | Er , the economic situation is is entirely their fault , er , not that I 'm saying that the Labour would do any better , but erm I 'd like to see a bit more er , a bit more opposition from the er , from the Labour party and er , not so much direct action , but saying , you know , things do not have to be like this ! |
| 29 | " You 've done all right so far , Ian , and I do n't see that we could do any better . |
| 30 | It does mean that they ca n't improve themselves by any small land therefore likely ! evolutionary step : none of their immediate neighbours in the local equivalent of ‘ biomorph space ’ would do any better . |