Example sentences of "better [subord] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , prospective employees know better than to rely on landscaping or other signals put out by employers and attempt , instead , to find out the inside story from their contacts . |
| 2 | He was a leading figure in social evolution — his second book , on the origin of civilisation as shown by the mental and social condition of savages , was published in 1870 , the year before The Descent of Man by his dear friend Charles Darwin — but he knew better than to talk of evolution in Parliament . |
| 3 | ‘ No , it 's not , in he said , ‘ It 's a Suo , and I should know.in I knew better than to argue with an expert , so I said nothing and quickly caught it instead . |
| 4 | Still if you mind 's made up , I know better than to argue with you . ’ |
| 5 | And Jessamy knew better than to argue with him when he used that particular tone of voice . |
| 6 | For those who would like a more relaxing evening , what better than to sit at an open air cafe , sipping an ice cold beer , listening to the local brass band in the village square and watching the sun slip down behind the mountains — perfect ! |
| 7 | Even today there 's nothing I like better than to sit in church on Sunday morning and lustily bawl out the hymns . ) |
| 8 | He knew better than to judge by appearances . |
| 9 | ‘ Duw , there 's nothing I like better than to work on my own ideas . ’ |
| 10 | Or , if they did , they knew better than to remonstrate with the grim-faced man behind her . |
| 11 | He said , ‘ In the event of trickery , you will know better than to hope for your life . |
| 12 | I can do no better than to quote from the trust application document . |
| 13 | She knew better than to walk around the front of the house . |
| 14 | One of his shakier concerns was an air-taxi service with which he scared the wits out of travellers too innocent to know better than to fly with him . |