Example sentences of "better able [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am pleased to report that in 1992 I was able to substantially achieve one of the objects of my Presidency , the refurbishment of the main exhibition galleries at Portland Place , making it more welcoming to members and the public and better able to put the case for architecture . |
| 2 | His correspondence concerning rowdiness ( a matter on which many people have written , especially since sound broadcasting of Parliament started ) had decreased , perhaps because the public were better able to appreciate the context in which noise arose . |
| 3 | The result is an epidermis which is better able to mimic the softness and freshness of younger skin . |
| 4 | 1 Decide whether or not a photograph is really needed or whether a drawing might not be better able to make the point . |
| 5 | I believe , therefore , that it is not implausible to infer from these findings that a substantial fraction of Labour voters reckoned merely that the party would be able to form a more competent and moderate government , and would be better able to defuse the crisis , although one should not discount the continued existence of a ‘ class reflex ’ vote owing little to any elaborate political calculation . |
| 6 | Equipped with this knowledge , those involved in the production , storage and dissemination of publicly available information should be better able to assist the business sector by providing more effective services . |
| 7 | Secondary females adjust their clutch size so that they will be better able to rear the brood . |
| 8 | The listener is better able to recognise the grammar and syntactic structure of what is being said by using the information contained in the intonation : for example , such things as the placement of boundaries between phrases , clauses or sentences , the difference between questions and statements and the use of grammatical subordination may be indicated . |
| 9 | I had not intended to intrude on my hon. Friend 's speech , but does he consider that a schoolteacher , whose salary is fixed through national wage agreements by the independent pay review body for teachers and who lives in my hon. Friend 's or my constituency in the south-east , is better able to afford the council tax on a higher band than a teacher who lives in Darlington or elsewhere in the north ? |
| 10 | Before the recession , businesses were better able to absorb the problem . |