21.   Gonzalez said foreign competition may make local banks better by forcing mergers.

22.   He was even better by the bay.

23.   However well a fire is burning, it can always be made to burn better by poking it.

24.   I could make my pregnancy rates look better by not allowing them to cycle.

25.   I tried to make her feel better by saying she must have been napping.

26.   In a sea of phony speeches and empty promises, Americans will be that much better off by having Nader in the race.

27.   In addition, game graphics are refined electronically to an extent, making them look slightly better by smoothing out some of the jagged edges of images.

28.   It has to get better just by the sheer numbers.

29.   It may be better by then.

30.   It might get better by December.