Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [adv] better [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a wage would have been comparable to or even slightly better than that paid to other craftsmen in the area . |
| 2 | And although they tended to come from less advantaged backgrounds , only children performed as well as , or even slightly better than , fellow pupils from two-child families . |
| 3 | Glasses washed in dishwasher were streak free , bright and generally far better than those washed in the sink . |
| 4 | The travelling , the exigencies of the business , the constant promotional activity , prolonged absences , his own mercurial nature , made life difficult for Susy if she stayed at home and not much better if she accompanied James on the circuit , something she never much liked to do . |
| 5 | If foxes have to be killed , then shooting strikes me as being as decent a method as any , and probably far better than most . |
| 6 | But Labour saw the Liberals as being a ‘ capitalist ’ party , and therefore hardly better than the Conservatives ; and there were , in addition , powerful social factors predisposing Labour to a dislike of the Liberals whom they regarded as haughty and patronising in manner . |
| 7 | Not as good as yesterday evening when I dined on roast chicken , not very well cooked , but certainly much better than this homely fare . |