1.   It could then be argued that ventriloquy is a better metaphor for fiction than criticism, because in criticism there are object texts which are not voiceless.

2.   Beer might be a better metaphor, for several reasons.

3.   China is an even better metaphor for the splintered language of music.

4.   Is there any better metaphor for life than a yo-yo?

5.   The better metaphor, he said, was an hourglass that one turned over and the sand ran out.

6.   What better metaphor for the world of espionage?

7.   What better metaphors than these for life in this wonderful if exasperating city.

8.   What better metaphor for postwar revival than a surging, driving Joe DiMaggio hitting streak?