Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [verb] [adv] better [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Those countries which were protesting about the repatriation would do far better if they offered to take some of the boat people themselves . |
| 3 | Neath , the leading Welsh club side of the moment , were more or less ignored because although their forwards could get around better than anyone else 's there would not have been much point if they could not win the ball in the first place . |
| 4 | For a decade until the late 1930s , people could do no better than to regard the electron as an empirical fact . |
| 5 | An intensive conditioner will work much better if you cover hair with a polythene bag after applying to seal in body heat . |
| 6 | Indeed , the ILEA , precisely because its schools operate in such widely differing circumstances , has published a ‘ league table ’ of 16-plus examination results adjusted for intake factors , which shows that schools with a disadvantaged intake can do relatively better than a school with an advantaged intake . |
| 7 | Left alone , often with children to support , former women compositors could do no better than ask for their old jobs back . |
| 8 | As with all the Fairy Basslets that this species will flourish far better when kept in pairs , individuals often displaying a mere shadow of their potential . |
| 9 | Hedonists seeking the perfect golfing weekend could do no better than tackle these two majestic courses , using the Thorpeness Club Hotel as a base . |
| 10 | So with this going on we found our company would get on better if I had collateral so I wrote to this boy and asked him for a million and put it in a trust fund that I would get after his death , and we that way so okay . |
| 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 . |