Example sentences of "[adv] a " in BNC.

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31 To run , OpenAgent needs a 33MHz 386DX box with 16Mb or better a 33MHz 486DX with at least 8Mb .
32 To run , OpenAgent needs a 33MHz 80386 box with 16Mb or better a 33MHz 80486 with at least 8Mb .
33 The better a salesman you are the more likely you are to succeed .
34 Better a researched decision than a random one .
35 Try to understand what 's in people 's minds ; because when you understand that much better , you 'll have that much better a chance of making profit .
36 Better a sleek elegant automobile than an ugly box on wheels .
37 Better a steady flame than one that flares up and burns itself out . ’
38 Hopkins advised against sending reclaimed prostitutes into domestic service because of the danger to middle-class sons : ‘ better a thousand times that this fearful social evil should be localized in certain spots , which we call dens , than by our hasty and injudicious benevolence it should be struck into the very bosom of our families . ’
39 But there are things he does not know , and the knowledge will somewhat better a case which even so is still black enough .
40 We did get them better a lot of them at any rate .
41 The report concluded that a pupil 's performance was closely related to his or her father 's occupational status : the higher that status , the better a pupil 's performance , not only in leaving school less early but in having a better academic record and , in the headmaster 's judgement , more ‘ promise ’ .
42 A : Better a government that pays lip service to democracy than one which does n't even do that .
43 Better a culture in which men have one wife and women need not shroud themselves in black , we 'll say .
44 What the fuck did that matter , better a live queer …
45 He did that at the Hope ( Close : He improved three times , but would have had to better a 63 to do it every round — 76-68-67-63-69 ) .
46 Better a gluey friend than none ,
47 Better a devil you know than a devil you do n't , ’ I said .
48 Due to the Transfer Regulations , the purchaser is in much the same and in no better a position than if he had bought the shares of the vendor company .
49 The reason I like this section is because I like the way Mrs Aimsley thinks , the more expensive her glass , the better a position it deserves on one of her shelves .
50 William Barr obliged and , on Oct. 10 , the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) , William Sessions , announced that he was embarking on an inquiry into possible misconduct at the Justice Department ( of which the FBI was institutionally a part ) with regard to the handling of CIA reports .
51 I had just about reached the stairs , when suddenly a white door to my right burst open and a group of students tumbled out , shrieking with laughter .
52 And suddenly a sharp pain as if stabbed in the gut .
53 ‘ Whispering ’ Ted Lowe was suddenly a celebrity with murmured thoughts about the difficulty of ‘ a long pink against the nap into the top pocket ’ .
54 Suddenly a sharp blast of high pressure air rushed downward from the engine , ’ she said .
55 Our company is exchanging greetings with the young soldiers when suddenly a white car refuses to stop at the next checkpoint up the street — braking only slightly and seeking to swerve past the two soldiers .
56 Suddenly a dog flung itself at me snarling and growling and they all stopped what they were doing to look in my direction .
57 As he scanned the laden shelves to left and right , there was suddenly a sound like a hundred ball-bearings being dropped from a height on to the bare floorboards .
58 Suddenly a small single-decker bus appeared at a corner not far away .
59 And — well , the music started and there was suddenly a great explosion of sound that no one could possibly have been prepared for .
60 Suddenly a woman just came in , marched up to us , stuck her face in mine and spat ‘ Neighbours sucks ’ .
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