11.  As competitive as Lukas is, this is a case where discretion is the better part of valor.

12.  As for Green, for the better part of a year, he has been the touchy-feely Mr. Chips the Mets said they wanted.

13.  Drinks continued to be served for a while, but shortly before midnight, the management decided that discretion was the better part of entertainment.

14.  Especially if it happens for the better part of 26.2 miles.

15.  E-COMMERCE-COLUMN (Undated) _ The advertising market has been ailing for the better part of a year, particularly online advertising.

16.  Even its better parts have been dominated by pitiful illusions and moral lassitude."

17.  Even today, I can still look at a globe or map for the better part of an hour, entirely absorbed.

18.  Ewing has been the core of the Knicks' world for the better part of 15 years.

19.  Especially for a Stars team that has spent the better part of this season self-examining their collective will to play 60-minute hockey games.

20.  Ex-Whaler Geoff Sanderson, his career in the doldrums for the better part of five years, popped in two of the second-period strikes.