it's a better value

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

It's a better value than it was at $12 or $13".

It's a better value than the dry pan-seared cod ($15), even with its excellent side of black-eyed peas with smoked pork and Swiss chard, or the unfortunately named spaghetti goo goo ($18), pasta in a lobster reduction topped with scallops, mussels and shrimp, a dish with no unity.

Procter is worried enough to have started running ads for Tide asserting that it is a better value than other detergents because, the ads say, Tide contains "more cleaning ingredients" and "less water".

But Canada is a better value, and this winter it is a better value than it has been in years, with the Canadian dollar at recent lows.

It would at least be a better value punt than the 25-1 available on Leicester being relegated, and a considerably more cheerful investment.

When you have the rewards points in your frequent flyer account, it can almost always be a better value to book an award flight than pay cash.

Students reported high satisfaction with the four-week laboratory exercise (100% agreed that the labs were a valuable learning experience and 73% said it was a better educational value than other labs they had in Williams College).

Energy commodities, he said, appeared to be a better value.

For most people, the Tungsten W is a better value and a more flexible machine.

Some smaller players contend they're a better value.

"If the players are getting their full value, then it is a better deal," he said.