Example sentences of "in good [noun] than [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | They take their place in better shape than they themselves would have been without the privilege of working a 12 step programme . |
2 | They lost Joe Allon and Rob McKinnon , yet they ended the season in better shape than they started it : a comfortable 11th in the Third Division , the highest Football League placing in their history . |
3 | Even our shot putters are in better shape than he is . ’ |
4 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
5 | In better shape than I was . ’ |
6 | Hongkong Bank is inheriting a bank in better shape than it has been in for more than a decade . |
7 | I think artistically I 'm probably in better form than I ever was . ’ |
8 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
9 | Ironically , during the war years , the pitch was in better condition than it had ever been , as it was given over to the growing of carrots and potatoes . |