Example sentences of "be [adj -er] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , if the general level of prices is higher at , say , P 1 the LM curve will be to the left of LM at , say , LM , and the equilibrium level of aggregate demand will be lower at Y 1 . |
| 2 | The ideal tasting glass should be broader at the base than the top , so that the aroma concentrates around the rim — this makes it easier to appreciate . |
| 3 | Periods may be heavier at first . |
| 4 | If the thermal hysteresis was a significant factor it is likely that its effects would be rank related ; i.e. the hysteresis would be larger at higher levels of maturation . |
| 5 | If the magnetic field happens to be larger at one side than at the other side , then the beam will be deflected towards the weaker field which makes the field even weaker , etc. , leading to the so-called kink instability ( Fig. 3.3(b) ) . |
| 6 | Ratios of still births to live births tend to be larger at high orders than at second order but , in developed countries , particularly , the ratios at sixth , but mainly seventh and higher birth orders were two to three times that among first order births . |
| 7 | The stocks of empty houses may be larger at this time . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's an important week and if you would be happier at home … . ’ |
| 9 | He had toyed with the idea of taking her to Dublin anyway , but they had had a rocky road enough already and perhaps she would be better at home . |
| 10 | Those who have it will be better at forming relationships of all sorts because they do not find it impossible to believe that other people could actually respect them and care for them . |
| 11 | Some of the advantages of improved interpersonal skills are that you will be better at : |
| 12 | It means that you can spot irrelevancies and be better at controlling your behaviour so that it contributes to the achievement of your objective . |
| 13 | Hal Black a zoologist from Brigham Young University says dogs might be better at keeping wild coyotes away from livestock than poisonous chemicals . |
| 14 | Their initial closure decision was made on three grounds , according to the minutes : the expected financial savings of about £3,000 ; consideration of the good condition and underused capacity of the school building at Green Haven , as opposed to the poor condition of the older building at Village ( whose toilet facilities were located in an out-building at the school ) ; and the Director 's feeling that the ‘ educational situation ’ would be better at Green Haven . |
| 15 | Any time you do a record , or any time you practise anything new , you 're trying to be better at what you do . |
| 16 | However , we are equally guilty at times of thinking ourselves to be better at certain pursuits than we have cause to feel . |
| 17 | The best practice approach adopted by Lucas Automotive is based on two simple premises : that in any activity carried out by two or more groups of people , one group will be better at it than the others ; and that there will be real benefits to be achieved by the other groups learning from the experience of the ‘ best ’ group . |
| 18 | Just as within a state the law may be more effective in responding to armed robbery than it is at responding to a military coup d'état , so in relations between states the law may be better at laying down detailed provisions for the treatment of prisoners of war than it is at addressing the potential human catastrophe of a nuclear war . |
| 19 | So much for the midges , and it would be better at the head of the track and over the central moors . |
| 20 | What was even worse , the women were unofficially said to be better at it . |
| 21 | The reports tend to be better at planning statutory services than the kinds of services that voluntary organisations tend to provide . |
| 22 | Erm this im this training day is gon na help me be better at my job , in this , this and this respects . |
| 23 | This is in part due to practice ; but there is also an influence of maturation , for if a chick is prevented from pecking at food during its second day , it will still be better at pecking on its third than on its first day ( Figure 3.5 ) but it will not be as accurate as it would have been if it had been allowed to practise . |
| 24 | She might be better at thinking up things as stupid as their games ( infinite pieces which were only infinite in one direction , from a point ; you could hold one end but it was still infinite ! |
| 25 | To return to our primeval replicators , while most miscopyings probably resulted in diminished copying effectiveness , or total loss of the self-copying property , a few might actually have turned out to be better at self-replication than the parent replicator that gave rise to them . |
| 26 | The dust particles might be better at catching the wind , like fluff on a willow seed . |
| 27 | It could be that the men and women of this corps were already on the streets and that , army trained , they would be better at surveillance . |
| 28 | You chose to believe a stinking little rat who ca n't take the fact that a woman might just be better at his job than he is ! ’ |
| 29 | But the rich will always be better at hiding from the tax collector than the poor . |
| 30 | Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions . |