Example sentences of "'s a good [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Another ting , he 's not a coward … he 's a better man than any of you scum .
2 ‘ He may play the Devil , but he 's a better man than you are ! ’
3 erm I 'm not someone who 's for , for example , erm positive discrimination where that means choosing a woman when there 's a better man erm and I think that erm although some feminists do , certainly it 's not a necessary condition of being a feminist , and I certainly do n't , and I think that if John Major erm sincerely looked at all the women who could have been in his cabinet , and sincerely judged their abilities erm compared to the men who were available , erm and decided that the women were n't ready , then I think that 's , that 's a possible position .
4 We need to be of ‘ now ’ and maybe that 's a better way of playing ‘ then ’ .
5 Surely that 's a better way to deal with machismo than trying to deafen ourselves to its allure .
6 It 's a better way of making a living than digging the roads . ’
7 Well that 's a better way int it ?
8 Well , that 's a better try , Ferg .
9 Well that 's a better ball !
10 it 's a better idea though is n't it
11 But Anya 's a better judge of character than she used to be , back in the old homeland .
12 Mr Evans only complained once , about burnt potatoes , and when Auntie Lou came back , he said , ‘ That girl 's a better cook than you 'll ever be . ’
13 He 's a better driver than he was when he left us , us in eighty-eight , because he 's two years , has two years more experience and in Formula one racing , experience , if you are a quick driver , experience is fundamentally important to winning .
14 It 's in the process of shifting over to NT because it 's a better base , he said , for its massive global database .
15 ‘ We always encourage discretionary work , ’ says Christopher Taylor-Young of Taylor-Young Investment Management Ltd ( 071–407 3452 ) , ‘ because in our view it 's much more successful , and I think it 's a better service . ’
16 ‘ And it 's a better hiding-place than out here in the country .
17 He says that it 's a better craft than those in which he trained .
18 One might , for instance , use the maxim to infer that because Eeyore 's sigh is a non-linguistic action , it 's a better sign that he 's out of thistles than Rabbit 's words are that he has some honey .
19 ‘ Hold tight … the gravel breaks through here , there 's a better grip .
20 It would be very suitable for horses , even more so than on the present roads there 's there 's there 's a better grip .
21 It 's a better day .
22 That 's a better bit is n't it ?
23 ‘ And despite the hardships of his life , he 's a better person than almost anyone I know . ’
24 Inefficient 's a better word . ’
25 He 's a better fighter than Postman Pat !
26 SHE 'S A BETTER DRIBBLER THAN GAZZA
27 ENGLAND soccer star Alan Shearer cradled his baby daughter Chloe yesterday and declared : ‘ She 's a better dribbler than Gazza . ’
28 Can Colin give me the name of one player who 's a better midfieldplayer than Macca , ofcourse he ca n't .
29 So it 's a better plan than ever , also the premiums for this will be higher than the level plan claim , but again once they 're set , they would n't increase , because your benefits are .
30 That 's a better ratio than most Star Trek clubs . ’
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