Example sentences of "better [conj] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am better than them at other things . |
| 2 | Well , if you 'ave 'im two days at a time , it 's better than nowt at all in n it . |
| 3 | Get talking to people over a few drinks ; you 're better than me at that sort of thing . ’ |
| 4 | I can diagnose tonsillitis , there 's an ENT surgeon who is far better than me at that ; I can diagnose appendicitis , hearts , whatever you can think of , there 's someone who is much better than me at it and these people are all now available to the population . |
| 5 | They are better than me at some things . |
| 6 | It was n't an ideal situation , but it was educational provision of a sort , and local people thought that was better than nothing at all which was what the girl was being offered at the time by the authorities . |
| 7 | This is that a homeland with secure borders , however small , is better than nothing at all . |
| 8 | But a small sample for comparison is better than nothing at all . |
| 9 | Mind you , I suspect she 'll only stay ashore for a couple of hours , but that 's better than nothing at all . ’ |
| 10 | No he was n't as , as , strong-wise he was hitting as well as you , but he was he was n't as , much better than you at all . |
| 11 | Even the most tenuous thread of story is infinitely better than none at all . |
| 12 | Even one night with Patrick Kelly was better than none at all . |
| 13 | A simple , rudimentary , half-cocked eye/ear/ echolocation system/cuckoo parasitism system , etc. , is better than none at all . |
| 14 | Half a love surely had to be better than none at all ? |
| 15 | Small steps are better than none at all . |
| 16 | But I mean , su surely that that 's better than none at all ? |