"That is, will we be better off running things ourselves rather than by the majority?"

In doing so, he made the new piece a better one by his own standards.

The American governance system is better than any other in the world by a factor of 10.

Was it better to turn to the law than settle by other means?

The school system was already much better by the time you came along.

Each bid must be better than the previous one by at least 10 points.

What could be better than a tour of London by black taxi?

Everything is better than can be expected, by comparison with most other people.

And it wasn't any better by the end of the week either.

A surrender was thought to be better than a change of power by force.