Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] better [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second round of ‘ Unity ’ talks between the two opposing Unix factions are faring much better than the ill-fated first bout , though actual unity is unlikely to result at least in the short term . |
| 2 | ‘ For 20 years the Childrens ’ Hearing system has progressed very positively and we are doing much better than our brethren south of the Border in looking after the interests of children in Scotland . ’ |
| 3 | And those with larger amounts to invest — attracting even higher rates of interest — are doing substantially better than that . |
| 4 | You know , nobody 's expecting three or four sides , right , you 've got quarter of an hour , not erm , you know , if , if you can write a side a half you , you 'll be doing much better than most people , alright , so you 're just thinking about a side really , depending on how big your handwriting is . |
| 5 | Although in terms of total casualties Lothian appears to be performing marginally better than the Scottish average , this masks worrying trends for the very young and elderly age groups . |
| 6 | There were perhaps too few such women in this social cross-section of the immediate post-war generation ( 3 per cent of the age group , 40 cases in the pay regression ) for us to draw such conclusions , but similar analyses of a contemporary survey of graduates ( Dolton and Makepeace , 1986 ) also indicates that male graduates in their early thirties were doing considerably better than women . |
| 7 | Caught here by Peter Chick on September 11 , despite its age it is faring much better than the much younger , but cocooned , Citation executive jet behind ! |
| 8 | Gloucestershire is faring much better than many other parts of England . |
| 9 | ‘ What you observe there is that in the battleground seats , the seats where this election will be determined , Labour is doing even better than we are in the national , overall polls , ’ he said . |
| 10 | According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders , Rover is doing slightly better than many competitors . |
| 11 | He was vaguely aware that he was driving rather better than usual . |
| 12 | He felt annoyed at first but then he realized that he was running far better than he had been the previous day and that he was n't even trying . |