Example sentences of "[adv] better [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] than " in BNC.
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1 | On inquiring about the matter , I was told that the health common services authority had decided to move to the bay because it had been told by an independent property consultancy that it was a much better choice of location than anywhere else . |
2 | Community care services in this area offer much better value for money than the traditional NHS approach . |
3 | Addington 's form of income tax introduced the novel principle of deduction at source , which enabled much better anticipation of outcome than had Pitt 's own assessments . |
4 | Shearwaters and petrels belong to a group called the tube-noses , for their nostrils are protected by a pair of tubes which extend some way down the beak from its base and these give them a much better perception of smell than other birds have . |
5 | They 're relatively heavy , take longer to dry and some pocket seams were not properly finished — but they remain a much better bet for walking than non-specialist alternatives . |
6 | Does the Minister consider it fair that , if a child is born in East Anglia , it has a far better chance of survival than if it is born in Yorkshire or in my region , where we recently lost five intensive care cots ? |
7 | common , law offence has proved to be a far better stop upon pornography than the 1959 Act . |
8 | Certainly better value for money than donkey Deano . |