I feel better, I look better (yeah, I said it) and I am better -- not so much because of the actual goals I've accomplished, but because of the work I've been willing (and remain willing) to put forth toward attaining and maintaining these goals.
Jeff fits the pattern; he seems to deal best with clarity and facts better, and not so well with emotions.
We can do much better; not doing so, in fact, would be intolerable.
If the United States is to go to war, it had better not do so under false pretenses.
Tree's public and private personae may be very different ("He was often playfully profane unless he was in public or his mother was around"), but if reporters want to get anywhere near him, they'd better not say so.
Over lunch, Adonis remarked with a shake of his head that the situation of poetry in the West was not a whole lot better, marginalized not so much by religion or ideology but by the media and pop culture.
Afterwards he feels better and not so tired, he says.
Wynne also praised the climate, declaring, "It is better and not so cold as England" and predicted that the colony would become self-sufficient after one year.
The skinnier the better, but not so skinny that you only have 6 hairs left.
They do not have to be perfect -- in fact, imperfect fringe may look better and not so geometrical.
