Example sentences of "[adj] than no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unpleasant though sweatshops may be , some argue , any work is better than no work . |
| 2 | And incidentally , we have also demonstrated to ourselves , yet again , that 5 per cent vision is better than no vision at all . |
| 3 | Five per cent vision is better than no vision at all . |
| 4 | Any pruning is better than no pruning . |
| 5 | Part payment is better than no payment . |
| 6 | Mr Shekhar replies that a flawed election is better than no election . |
| 7 | Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd told fellow ministers : ‘ A treaty which is somewhat delayed is better than no treaty at all . ’ |
| 8 | Brian was so thoroughly weak that marriage to Evelyn , dire as it was , was better than no framework to his life , since his working-class parents were children of a lesser god . |
| 9 | The fact that her stomach no longer turned over when he looked at her came as a surprise and disappointment — even unrequited love was better than no love at all . |
| 10 | Clearly a damaged shell is better than no shell at all . |
| 11 | Life in a box is better than no life at all . |
| 12 | As Margaret Peter 's research showed , any systematic approach to spelling , whatever its basis , is better than no approach at all . |
| 13 | The utilitarian may argue that everything is imperfect and that half a loaf is better than no bread . |
| 14 | Half a loaf is better than no bread . |
| 15 | Brave , but probably mistaken : even teen success is better than no success at all . |
| 16 | Well , I think you need to recognize that really sales volume is , it it takes us back again to the fact that any customer is better than no customer at all . |
| 17 | His attitude towards me was one of dumb , doglike devotion , which I found tiresome , but in the circumstances he seemed better than no boyfriend at all . |
| 18 | The £18m project , including a government offer to pay for approach roads , will be discussed this month by the Highland Regional Council which must decide whether a private toll bridge is better than no bridge at all . |
| 19 | Sometimes , sadly , even a bad deal is better than no deal at all . |
| 20 | I suppose a half-match is better than no match at all . |
| 21 | Not only is it clear that part of an eye is better than no eye at all . |
| 22 | At least Nautilus dramatizes the point that a lensless eye is better than no eye at all . |
| 23 | In his view , Baker and the LSG loyally pursued the president 's agenda and it was Reagan himself who decided whether to compromise , and when : ‘ It was Reagan , and Reagan alone , who decided that four fifths of a loaf , especially a loaf that was perhaps too large to begin with , was better than no loaf . ’ |
| 24 | In the event , Mark surprised his wife by taking the view that a baby 50% genetically created by Wendy was better than no baby at all . |
| 25 | Five per cent hearing is better than no hearing at all . |
| 26 | Gain-up does tend to make the picture look rather grainy , though , so it is best to look on it as a last resort and reserve it for those times when a grainy picture is better than no picture at all . |
| 27 | Five per cent flight efficiency is better than no flight at all . |
| 28 | The view from a coach is better than no view at all I suppose , but I know which way we preferred to arrive at Rhosili . |
| 29 | Well , it 's better than no job at all som I hear them say . |
| 30 | The maxim that ‘ negative attention is better than no attention at all ’ seems to be an important governing factor in children 's behaviour . |