Example sentences of "better than [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tone here is much richer and brighter , so consequently this is a more enjoyable guitar to play than the previous two , and really does sound better than its price suggests . |
| 2 | S3 Inc , Santa Clara , California graphical user interface accelerator products developer got its initial public offering of 2m shares , all new , away at $15 per share — $2 better than its $11 to $13 target , and says it plans to use the $28m or so net proceeds for working capital . |
| 3 | With floor sensors operating the automatic sliding doors between the end vestibules and the passengers ' saloons perpetually energised by standing passengers , travel in an overcrowded Mark 3 coach seems little better than its predecessors . |
| 4 | A re-written textbook was rushed out last autumn , but it was little better than its predecessors . |
| 5 | Though the company rarely boasts about it , its technology is often better than its competitors , they say . |
| 6 | Is our brand actually any better than its competitors ( a ) on the basis of scientific tests ? ( b ) when consumers try the products ‘ blind ’ — without knowing which brand is which ? ( c ) when they do know the brand ? |
| 7 | In most sales situations , no one product is better than its competitors on all evaluative criteria . |
| 8 | Last Crusade is much better than its predecessor , cramming colourful and moderately varied graphics into an interesting scenario . |
| 9 | which she felt was better than her home address |
| 10 | ‘ The lady Anne needed a companion — and who better than her half-sister ? |
| 11 | However , she points out proudly that her films have been faring better than her rival 's at the box office . |
| 12 | But they had been better than her family . |
| 13 | Second-to-bottom Westhoughton were better than their position suggests , but they were no match for a hungry outfit , who sealed the win thanks to further strikes by Graham Dodd and a Mark Wilson penalty . |
| 14 | I know two or three lads of the next generation beyond us who are doing in their twenties rather better than their fathers in their fifties . |
| 15 | It is as though the promise of sun and warm winds is better than their realisation . |
| 16 | I have heard Shirai and Höll do nothing better than their reading of this cycle which , sated though I am through repeated hearing of the work , I found gripping from start to finish . |
| 17 | This candidate and others also in a similar position saw search consultants as a tool of ignorant companies seeking insider-knowledge ; and he thinks they are no better than their employers . |
| 18 | Mr Ayre said a national report earlier in the week showed grant maintained schools were faring better than their counterparts which had not yet opted out . |
| 19 | Many say humps would be better than their chicane . |
| 20 | What is striking about the Information Workstation Group 's efforts is that their actual study of multimedia is far better than their attempt to define it . |
| 21 | The third in his London trilogy , which sells better than his others . |
| 22 | Ellen said he was a political lightweight whose stagecraft was better than his statecraft . |
| 23 | His instinct was much better than his maths : some 13 years after his death the planet Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh , using a mixture of perseverance and chance . |
| 24 | Except on the vital matter of Europe , where the outcome is not yet clear , but where , at least , he is better than his opponents , I am quite confident that he will not do anything damaging to Britain . |
| 25 | It is to be hoped that Gluck 's judgments on wine are better than his knowledge of English poetry . |
| 26 | She had a sense that Charlie was about to get paternal with her , and the prospect was an embarrassing one ; but at least this would be better than his anger . |
| 27 | Everton scored first at the County Ground … the celebrations of Peter Beagrie are usually better than his goals … |
| 28 | ‘ My French is better than my English now . |
| 29 | It 's better than my scribble . |
| 30 | it 's getting late mate yeah there 's better than my sandwiches , alright in n it dinner ? |