Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] better [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This turnaround of the external accounts has made the domestic performance of the ecomomy look decidedly better than it has been . |
| 2 | and it was in this field that the pluralists most persistently attempted to combine empirical methods with assumptions which , if they were not entirely Madisonian , at least fitted prevailing norms rather better than the emerging stark elitism . |
| 3 | Zambia was wearing some of Tammuz' clothes and Roirbak thought the khaki and green suited hir far better than the dusty black SHe usually favoured . |
| 4 | The Pharaonic monuments , solidly constructed from massive blocks , withstood the seismic shocks far better than later buildings . |
| 5 | I dared not even glance at " Happy " , but to add insult to injury I gave the order " About turn ! " and they repeated the gazelle-like jump even better than the first time . |
| 6 | This approximation is shown by the dashed horizontal line in Fig. 2 b , and it agrees with the numerical results significantly better than we would have expected . |
| 7 | They were excused few , if any , tasks , Hannah may appear to be a frail pensioner but a lifetime 's exposure to the hard labour of rural life enables her to endure the most extreme elements far better than urban-reared people half her age . |
| 8 | Hardly a welcome comment on the mentality of this nation 's youth who , no doubt , understood Morrissey 's ambiguous lyrics rather better than the tabloids . |
| 9 | In our experience dogs manage the loss of a front leg slightly better than that of a back leg . |
| 10 | Many people see one particular colour far better than others and , if this is so in your case , this is the colour to paint your pod . |
| 11 | Cato knew Hellenistic historiographical , agricultural and military theory probably better than any of his Latin contemporaries , but indulged in mock fury against Greek writers and especially against Greek doctors : " iurarunt inter se barbaros necare omnes medicina " ( Plin . |