Example sentences of "[noun] better [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | She must have come to know her employers better than many others , and certainly in a quite different and unusual way . |
2 | Some emigres take to life in the West better than others ; Mullova appears to have adapted almost completely , and says she has no regrets about having left Russia . |
3 | It 's easy to get set yourself and with heated curlers , tongs and styling products better than ever before , all you need is a little practice to create the perfect style . |
4 | Will it be able to tell the story better than the release ? |
5 | ‘ In five days , ’ said Harvey when we were outside the cubicle , ‘ we can indoctrinate a man so that he really believes his cover story better than he believes his own memory . |
6 | They and the lively photographs tell the story better than I can with words . |
7 | The production of a single cost figure per contract or even a very limited split of , say , labour , materials and expenses , is not particularly helpful to the surveying or management staff , although of course better than nothing . |
8 | After all , he knew Mr Parnham better than she did and he did n't look as if he could be fooled at all . |
9 | Jimmy could hit both the running shot and the ball on the rise better than anyone . |
10 | She said she 'd get on with the cooking better if I came down here on my own . |
11 | Dr Benton found that in trials , university students who sat tests two hours after breakfast performed Medical Correspondent better than those who started the day on empty stomachs . |
12 | Let us see if we can do a bit better than this . |
13 | She did think she was a little bit better than everyone else . |
14 | But a bit better than I expected . |
15 | What was I , oh yes erm , do you find that like maybe like one section thinks they 're a wee bit better than another section ? |
16 | Henry said almost apologetically , ‘ I think we could do you a bit better than Cranmer . |
17 | All very ordinary , but I was given the impression that somehow we were just that little bit better than the other families in our street . |
18 | They were just that bit better than you . |
19 | And they 're that bit better than you because they 're able to organise themselves and they do more in day and do it longer and so and so forth . |
20 | I 'm a bit better but I 've had to get out this morning to let June stay in ! |
21 | It was very good actually , the weather could have been a bit better but erm thanks very much for arranging it , it went very well . |
22 | I thought it would 've been a bit better but I did enjoy it , I did enjoy it . |
23 | Beany look a bit better as well . |
24 | So I do know the different things that do make people feel either a little bit better or might just help them . |
25 | Probably I could have done quite a bit better if I 'd been forced to work , because if I 'm not , I 'm not so bothered to do the work . |
26 | After two pints , he felt a bit better and Ted arrived . |
27 | Although the SSC , like most things , could probably have been designed a bit better and made to cost a bit less , physics dictates its overall scale . |
28 | She was already feeling a bit better and she felt quite amused at this cool domination , especially as she was not going to pay any attention to it . |
29 | And er I started to feel a bit better and suddenly I felt ill again . |
30 | Well , they give , I , I do n't know , it 's the way they feel when you put them on , they sort of hold themselves up a bit better and |