1.   She made herself get better by sheer willpower, when everyone else had given up hope.

2.   The following year Lewis went one better by winning the gold medal.

3.   Lukic looked a lot better by the end of the night, plucking out a few high balls as happily as Seaman had been doing for Arse all night.

4.   Vic, however, will be better off by about twenty pounds a month.

5.   And as Bird did, Van Horn makes his teammates better by his very presence.

6.   And does pasta really taste better by the bucketload?

7.   And most respondents thought conditions would only marginally get better by next quarter.

8.   And this cheery stranger was going to make her feel better by telling her she felt verrry sleepy?

9.   And, even if it turns out to be ugly, Clinton now, as Nixon then, would be better off by opting for full disclosure.

10.   Besides, maybe the programs will be better by then.