Example sentences of "[was/were] not [adv] better [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The professional were not much better than the amateurs at distinguishing the irons but were better than the amateurs at spotting the shaft differences between the woods . |
| 2 | The second-half power cut hardly mattered because Oldham , embarrassingly inept as three goals punctuated the first half , were not much better when they were allowed to play . |
| 3 | But lame Lucca skipped and dived into dark recesses at Signor Fixit 's commands barked out in Italian that was not much better than Molly 's . |
| 4 | The model including a recessive major locus gave a better fit than the model including an additive or a dominant locus , but the fit was not significantly better than for the multifactorial model with or without a generational difference . |
| 5 | A placebo controlled study has , however , been carried out in active distal ulcerative colitis by Angus et al , and showed that the drug was not significantly better than placebo . |
| 6 | One of the most disturbing aspects of this experience , which I think merits emphasis , is that my c.v. , rated on the basis of the number of publications ( Medline Data Base ) , on the number of citations in the literature ( Science Citation Index ) , and the impact factor , was not only better than that of any of the winners but also of those of the commission members as well . |