Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though exact figures are lacking , as indeed they are for the previous Councils , Lateran II seems to have been better attended than most , if not all , others hitherto . |
| 2 | Heyrick 's philanthropy has been better recognized than her executive acumen , her grasp of power systems and of pressure-group politics , or her forceful analysis of the interdependence of social evils . |
| 3 | While inevitably losing office in 1660 , he cleared his accounts successfully , while years later Samuel Pepys [ q.v. ] believed that the finances of the navy had never been better handled than while he was treasurer . |
| 4 | Congress has always been better staffed than its counterparts elsewhere in the world and by 1979 it had a total staff of 23,056 . |
| 5 | The trials and tribulations which beset Piggott after his riding career was over — imprisonment in October 1987 for tax fraud — do nothing to distract from his achievements in the saddle , and never have his skills been better demonstrated than when he won his twenty-eighth Classic . |
| 6 | The politician 's dilemma has never been better stated than by George Dempster in a letter which he wrote to Sir Adam Fergusson in 1783 : |
| 7 | Much has been written about Griffith and his contribution to the movies but the ingredients that made up his genius have never been better identified than in the review Heywood Broun wrote of Intolerance when it appeared in 1916 . |
| 8 | Since it was carried out over a four-month summer period ( May-August ) , the practices of these industries with summer peaks will have been better captured than the practices of those with peaks at other times of the year . |
| 9 | Indeed we have ‘ given the rod ’ to nations which have been better acquainted than ourselves with tyranny and inhumanity . |
| 10 | In general , the picture is still painted with a very broad brush and later stages are better characterized than early ones . |
| 11 | Modern research backs claims that plant extracts , such as lotus , used for greasy skin , are better tolerated than synthetic substitutes . |
| 12 | Alpine roads are better surfaced than they were , but still a patch of grit can start a front wheel sliding . |
| 13 | Fires are better prevented than put out and that 's the way the Profitboss views it , preferring to learn from the problem rather than go on a witch-hunt and blame someone for it . |
| 14 | People 's pets are better fed than some old age pensioners . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , there is a specific prediction to be examined and that is whether causally connected episodes are better recalled than temporally connected episodes . |
| 16 | It 's a sad fact that machines are better maintained than bodies . |
| 17 | Or will they attempt to funnel more business through their factoring subsidiaries on the grounds that they are better placed than the local branch managers to monitor the banks ' exposure to risk ? |
| 18 | In other words , the fact that we get most of our true beliefs from other people , whom we believe are better placed than we are to get them for themselves , is just a special case of the division of labour : namely , of epistemic labour , the labour of acquiring knowledge . |
| 19 | We are better placed than anyone to do it . |
| 20 | ‘ With such a cultural heritage , Koreans are better placed than many of us to appreciate the dangers which confront us and the need for action before it is too late . ’ |
| 21 | DURING my introduction I said that some Regions are better placed than others to increase their growth rate . |
| 22 | There 's a ‘ chat-and-pat ’ service ; staff call your hound by name , and tiptoe past your room at night so as to let sleeping dogs lie ; your dog 's photograph is taken in the hotel ; the hotel manager appears for a final ‘ wave-and-wag ’ ; there 's a VIP service for show-winning dogs ; and a discount for families whose dogs are better behaved than the owners ! |
| 23 | Between them , they are better equipped than any group has ever been to combat the plague that affects eight women in ten . |
| 24 | Sometimes they are better equipped than the police itself and have good connections with the West . |
| 25 | The quality of these troops varies considerably , and although they are all brave some are better equipped than others . |
| 26 | Because some firms are better equipped than others to create new advantages of this kind , the differences in corporate strategy have widened . |
| 27 | With the range of scientific dating methods now available , archaeologists are better equipped than ever before to construct a reliable sequence of dates . |
| 28 | As Beesley ( 1983 , p. 31 ) emphasizes , reviews rely ‘ heavily on self-examination ’ reflecting the belief ‘ that Ministers and their officials are better equipped than anyone to examine the use of resources for which they are responsible ’ . |
| 29 | Notice how some of the words when repeated are better spoken than at other times , according to the level of passion in the delivery . |
| 30 | I was able to tell him that Nottingham children are better educated than he realised ! ’ he recalls happily . |