Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] better " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 . |
| 2 | Albert writes : ‘ The inescapable conclusion is that the two models of capitalism diverge on the fundamental question of whether to live for the present moment — and to hell with the consequences for future generations — or to plan for a better tomorrow , though it may require sacrifices today . |
| 3 | CHANGE FOR THE BETTER |
| 4 | Employees change for the better when they work in the community . |
| 5 | People never change for the better by being hated , judged and condemned . |
| 6 | Some people change for the better . |
| 7 | Details of the proposals will be contained in a brochure , A Change for the Better , which Prof Anderson said would form part of a major consultation process with the public throughout the region . |
| 8 | I 'd think about a better way to handle Eric once I had that out of the way . |
| 9 | And they Sought for a Better Sign from Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) , and there was a Sign ; ii . |
| 10 | A seasoned assessor will soon spot someone who is not taking an active and full part in the activity and it will be regarded as no better than trying to force your way on to the centre stage . |
| 11 | Since the enactment of s 459 1985 , it has been regarded as a better remedy for a minority affected by prejudice in a company to ask for a share purchase order under s 461 rather than to seek a return of share capital through a winding-up petition which results in the liquidation of a solvent company ( a member can not petition under s 122(1) ( g ) if the company is insolvent because he has no interest ) . |
| 12 | Lafontaine , although regarded as a better orator than Kohl , was unable to draw support for a campaign which concentrated on the cost of unification ( he had initially opposed the treaty on economic and monetary union — see pp. 37535-36 ) and on social and environmental issues . |
| 13 | Of course it was too early in his life to be certain that the gods had called him , but I could have wished for no better career for him than that of a priest-administrator . |
| 14 | Larkins , who made 103 before retiring to give his team-mates a bat , could not have wished for a better comeback , and with Robin Smith making a stylish 70 , England made 263 for four from 50 overs . |
| 15 | But if you want real change , if you long for a better future for yourself , your family , your community and your country , then read on . |
| 16 | It is a sense of revulsion at injustice and poverty and denied opportunity , whether at home or abroad , which impels people to work for a better world , to become , as in our case , democratic socialists . |
| 17 | Revulsion at injustice , poverty and denied opportunity , he says , impels people to work for a better world . |
| 18 | want of a better name at this stage . |
| 19 | Once the approximate solution has been found then it is no longer a problem situation but a design situation : how can the solution be designed in a better way ? |
| 20 | Either way , the best hope of predicting such events , and mitigating their impact , lies in a better understanding of the southern oscillation and its role in the circulation of the southern hemisphere . |
| 21 | This is something no ordinary parent could even begin to enforce and no judicial parent stands in a better position than a natural parent . |
| 22 | JUDY MOWATT , one third of Marley 's backing singers , The I-Threes , is not rich , asking a hundred US dollars for an interview , but she lives in the better part of Kingston . |
| 23 | It is wisest to treat each variety according to the details and information that will be contained in the better kind of catalogue — the sort of information which will also influence your decision where to order . |
| 24 | He started buying expensive clothes , a car ; he moved to a better flat … |
| 25 | A cost cutting programme also contributed to the better figures at the company . |
| 26 | Both of these are good ways to adjust to a better salt balance . |
| 27 | Whenever the cost of such a path increases , the algorithm will backtrack to a better looking node . |
| 28 | Now that the group has come to a better understanding about some aspect of these problems , how can they feel Empowered to act for change ? |
| 29 | The Spanish Enlightenment remained a government-sponsored , government-censored movement largely confined to the better spirits of the public administration . |
| 30 | First , in his evidence he referred to a better solution as being quotes , seeks a small residential setting with some other people , unquote and went on to refer to the possibility of the plaintiff entering one of the Cheshire Homes . |