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 .
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