It's a fine description, bettered only by Babel's own.
It could have been bettered only by the appearance of an actual shark.
He scored six goals in the qualifiers, a figure bettered only by Wayne Rooney with seven.
He was magnificent on Sunday, posting a bogey-free 65 that was bettered only by Adam Scott.
His figures have been bettered only by his seven for 46 against South Africa three winters ago.
Rooney's 187th Premier League goal, a tally bettered only by Alan Shearer, came when he breached the offside trap.
being the best of any family sedan tested, and C-Max placing second in its class, bettered only by the Prius V.
His 16 year tenure as creative director of Louis Vuitton is bettered only by Karl Lagerfeld's forty-eight years at Fendi, and thirty years at Chanel.
In the six months to June, the Sao Paulo stock exchange rose 82% in dollar terms, a return bettered only by Russia's stockmarket.
Vu's, on level 50 of the Emirates Towers hotel, has a view bettered only by the cocktail bar on the floor above.
His tally of 25 classic winners is unsurpassed since 1900, while his achievement in becoming champion trainer 10 times has been bettered only once.
