Example sentences of "be better than " in BNC.
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| 1 | An increase in output current from the popular DAC 08 D-to-A converter is obtainable by means of this circuit , the current accuracy being better than 1% and offset current less than 0.1% . |
| 2 | Not only does BSL learning apparently take much longer ( ‘ beginners ’ were people with up to three years ' experience ) but only the beginner group showed the normal pattern of understanding being better than production . |
| 3 | Even so , tough or not , fungus attack is persistent , and the principle of prevention being better than cure means that we have to try to prevent the development and growth of spores into our roses by spreading a film of fungus-toxic material on leaf , shoot and other vulnerable parts — a contact killer — or , as we are now able to do for insects , we can render the sap stream and internal tissue poisonous to invading fungus by introducing a systemic fungicide . |
| 4 | Treatment of glue ear considerably shortened the time to fluid resolution , combined adenoidectomy and tube insertion being better than either procedure alone . |
| 5 | Something had happened to them — they were charged for just a while into being better than they were . |
| 6 | Deep down I would regard a draw at both Coventry and Ipswich as being better than a win and a defeat . |
| 7 | But if a child mutates in a big way , so that it has moved a long distance away from its parent in genetic space , what are the odds of its being better than its parent ? |
| 8 | ‘ Simon 's childhood had left him with a feeling of inadequacy and a strong envious streak , which meant he found it difficult to live with the idea of an associate being better than him . |
| 9 | ‘ Your comment about him finding it difficult to live with the idea of someone being better than him forced me into a complete rethink . |