Example sentences of "[adv] better than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , even allowing for the conditions , Luxton and David Pears were never much better than a lumbering link . |
| 2 | If you 're going away , wear clear or pale nail varnish — it will look much better than a dark colour with a tan . |
| 3 | Well , the studies that I 've been involved in , the computer has performed certainly as well as a consultant , and at times much better than a junior doctor in the particular situation that I 'm talking about . |
| 4 | Legalised exports of waste from rich countries to poorer ones are much better than a black market . |
| 5 | Now we 've got a company secretary he is er , an F C I S Chartered Institute Secretaries that 's much better than a chartered accountant , they 're no damn good as secretaries , right ! |
| 6 | There was always better than an even chance of something like this happening . |
| 7 | Our most disastrous Rannoch cottage was little better than a derelict shack , owned by an hotel in Aberfeldy . |
| 8 | Oh a great help to sandwiches and a sit down meal at dinner at table with the family , it was far better than a dry sandwich eaten in the barn . |
| 9 | It is often better than a standard learner , such as the Boltzmann algorithm , because the genetic algorithm keeps note of a large set of states , one for each string . |
| 10 | And to a penitent soldier a crusade was even better than an unarmed pilgrimage . |