Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a better " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they Sought for a Better Sign from Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) , and there was a Sign ; ii . |
| 2 | He started buying expensive clothes , a car ; he moved to a better flat … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They were introduced to one another by a woman friend who thought they should get on well in London as Margaret came of a better family and knew the people , and Ivy had the money . |
| 5 | Here they met with a better reception and Leverburgh was renamed in his honour , but they were not continued after his death in 1925 . |
| 6 | Later she also campaigned for a better understanding of anorexia . |
| 7 | Jose-Maria Olazabal finished on a better note with a 70 and was five under par for the last three rounds , which partially made up for his first round of 76 . |
| 8 | If all the do-gooders in the town got down to grass roots and worked towards a better future for the next generation , this town would be a better one to live in . |
| 9 | Aminopterin had disadvantages , and the normal process of making and testing a series of closely related compounds led to a better drug , amethopterin , which differed by a single additional substituent but proved to be one of the most effective drugs for the treatment of blood cancers . |
| 10 | Detailed observations , at considerable personal risk , and comparisons with his studies of Alpine avalanches , led to a better understanding of pyroclastic flows — fast-moving , destructive avalanches of hot gas and rock particles . |
| 11 | I used to use a stop watch and then I thought of a better way . |
| 12 | Back in the West Country , Mallender looked like a better long-term bed . |
| 13 | and new manager John Gorman could't have dreamt up wished for a better start … |