Example sentences of "better than the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this form the mixture exhibits a property known as synergism whereby the performance is better than the total effect of each working alone . |
| 2 | Anything was better than the terrible silence that had fallen . |
| 3 | The Bristol & West have now gone one better than the standard endowment mortgage . |
| 4 | Cereal based oral rehydration solutions are significantly better than the standard glucose oral rehydration solutions in the treatment of diarrhoea . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's better than the other way . ’ |
| 6 | Thus : ( 1 ) the said Solicitors ' Publicity Code ( which is summarised in Chapter 12 ) was introduced in 1988 , revised in 1990 , and covers the whole field ; from the general ( solicitors may hold themselves out to be good , but not to be better than the other firm down the road ; publicity must be accurate and not mislead ; a solicitor 's advertisement must identify the solicitor by name ) to the particular ( the correct designation of a solicitor 's practice , entries in legal directories , addresses to the Court and the use of the legal aid logo ) ; ( 2 ) the Law Society 's code incorporates by reference the provisions of the British Code of Advertising Practice which in its own way requires publicity material to be honest , truthful and decent , unambiguous and responsible , and contains a separate section relating to the advertising of financial services and products ; ( 3 ) the Financial Services ( Conduct of Business ) Rules 1987 also cover the advertising of financial services and products and will need to be studied by any firm carrying on investment business ; ( 4 ) solicitors will also need to be familiar with the Consumer Credit ( Advertisements ) Regulations 1989 and other secondary legislation in that connection , the whole corpus replete with the jargon unique to that area of law ; ( 5 ) the Business Names Act 1985 , which has already been referred to in Chapter 1 , requires revision of a firm 's letterheading every time there is a change in the identity of the partners , which will include any occasion when a salaried partner whose name has previously been shown " below the line " is promoted . |
| 7 | Whether we 're bad or not so bad , whether we think we have gone beyond the pale or whether we think we 're better than the other person , we all need a saviour because we 're all sinners . |
| 8 | I like it better than the other tag . ’ |
| 9 | He was right ; he was better than the other skier she 'd been so impressed by . |
| 10 | Yet music-wise , the chemistry between the four piece produces a tense , beautiful sound which goes one better than the passive stance of last year . |
| 11 | That seemed to me to be quite all right , since I was quite sure that I was better than the average man . |
| 12 | Because New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives , shows would close for a couple of months when the Girls would be sent home for a holiday on half pay , which was better than the average salary in Britain . |
| 13 | These machines are chess-playing calculators ; even the weakest is better than the average chess player ( someone who plays at the median strength of all those who know the rules ) . |
| 14 | It is cleaner , simpler to use , and performs better than the traditional alternative , a combination of mica and ceramic paste . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm no better than the great tree hit by lightning at Thornfield , ’ he said . |
| 16 | This system is better than the absolute waste of pulping , but it leads to major breakdowns of a kind that the private libraries would not have allowed under any circumstances . |
| 17 | He said officers were being let loose on the roads after three-hour assessments which were little better than the ordinary driving test . |
| 18 | Quigley ( 1969 ) did find the Rochester Method ( fingerspelling with lip-reading ) better than the oral method and also better than signing for producing success in English . |
| 19 | Unlike the new Cistercian seekers for a simpler form of monastic life , Anselm — however much he shared a personal preference for simplicity — disapproved of a discontented search for something better than the present community provided . |
| 20 | At the same time , we have been able to achieve a dramatic reduction in inflation — which , because it is better than the European Community average , means that there are better prospects for exporting firms and for the jobs in them . |
| 21 | How shit are you ? ! ’ to every talentless flop-haired indie guitar loser of the past decade — also reveals what anyone sane knew already ; that the reason Erasure are better than the early Depeche Mode or Yazoo is because of Andy Bell . |
| 22 | I 've seen them all : Rolexes , snide Rolexes that look better than the real thing . |
| 23 | Is she or is n't she — false hair from Antenna looks better than the real thing ! |
| 24 | I understand they were , they 're better than the general secretary 's anyway . |
| 25 | It is generally better than the flat plate as each battery or pod terminal mates with its own individual spring . |
| 26 | Indian and Coloured schooling has , on the whole , been better than the African system , but again , in the ‘ white ’ rural areas there are pockets of severe deprivation . |
| 27 | The world complained about Adobe 's restrictions but all the major typesetter vendors realised that a single well defined and maintained standard was better than the previous chaos and so adopted Adobe 's PostScript . |
| 28 | He forecast that the 1992 grain harvest would be better than the previous year , and could guarantee that the people would not go hungry during the winter . |
| 29 | Not only were Arsenal the first southern club to win the title , but their 66 points were six better than the previous high of Sheffield Wednesday the year before : 28 out of 42 games were won , only four lost , and wins , draws and losses were evenly divided between home and away ; the goals total , 127 , was one less than Aston Villa 's all-time high of the same year . |
| 30 | The good life , at least , is better than the bad life . |