Example sentences of "[adv] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He took the University of London Matriculation Examination in 1932 , obtaining credits or better in every subject , while still at school , as a result of which he was admitted to the University , where despite enormous handicaps , he gained a Honours B.Sc. , followed by the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in science and geology . |
| 32 | One review summed it up saying how we were ‘ classes better in every outfield position ’ , City were extremely fortunate to get a goal , let alone a point . |
| 33 | However , his physiotherapist decided that he would progress better in a specialist unit , so he was transferred to the care of a specialist stroke treatment centre in London . |
| 34 | Yes , but it could have worked much , much better in a standing room only venue such as Newcastle Polytechnic or The Mayfair . |
| 35 | ‘ Plenty of fluids , and if he is n't looking decidedly better in a couple of days , come back and we 'll take another look , but I 'm sure you do n't need to worry . ’ |
| 36 | So , when acting in such a case , add to your additional enquiries made of the local authority , or better in a letter , some such enquiry as this : Is the Authority aware of any infilling or any geological stratum which might result in the instability of the foundations of any building erected on the site for which planning consent has been granted ? |
| 37 | It will grow in alkaline soil , but does better in an acid one . |
| 38 | She could think better in the darkness , and Gay 's letter had effectively banished all desire to sleep . |
| 39 | And then we used to put some coops there and small runs for them and we used to carry them there , every night because they settled down better in the night than in the daytime . |
| 40 | Because they settled down better in the night in the woodlands . |
| 41 | The Tory performance was in fact one and a half percentage points better in The Economist 's regular sample of provincial English districts than it was three years ago , at the height of the rebellion against Mrs Thatcher 's poll tax ( see table 1 ) . |
| 42 | He said , ‘ We could discuss business better in the bar . |
| 43 | Only the pain was getting rather tedious and Meg insisted that I had it done now before I retired , on the theory I suppose , that better in the Government 's time than my own . " |
| 44 | She felt miserable about this all the morning , but better in the afternoon when they went to Druid 's Bottom after school . |
| 45 | I , I found I skied better in the afternoon , now . |
| 46 | He found that strong though they were , and better in the air , this pair of eagles did not frighten him now . |
| 47 | He scores more goals , is a better passer , a better tackler , 100 times better in the air — but most of all , he has a decent haircut . |
| 48 | I have met some very disillusioned nurses who responded to vigorous recruitment drives and travelled many miles from home , only to find that they were expected to live ‘ in dilapidated , out of the way nurses ’ hostels with no hope of raising the funds for anything better in the vicinity . |
| 49 | Since aspects of each can be understood better in the light of their absence , each may be noticed more when it is not there than when it is . |
| 50 | Mercy Newbegin was a good-looking woman who looked even better in the light of the flickering candles . |
| 51 | Especially if , mind you , he might not be able to do anything , it 's like I say you you 've got your hot water and it 's probably a job he can do better in the week , one night as long as he says it 's safe to use and you 're not gon na blow the tank up on yourself ! |
| 52 | The economists , for example , have insisted on more and more technical emphasis in order to ( as they see it ) equip ‘ their ’ graduates to compete better in the marketplace . |
| 53 | I have a granddaughter now going up to Burnt Mill and I think myself , they could n't have done any better in the grammar school . |
| 54 | Far better to use that energy in a positive way by becoming determined not to repeat yesterday 's errors but to use the experience gained to improve the situation and do things better in the future . |
| 55 | ‘ Hence , when money wages are rising , workers may , rightly or wrongly , credit such rises to unions and hope that by beginning or continuing to support them they will do as well or even better in the future ’ ( Bain and Elsheikh , 1976 , p. 64 ) . |
| 56 | H how would you go to somebody like that and say well yeah we , we 'll be able to negotiate for you better in the future and we might be able to get more er be better conditions of service than you 've got now but as of now you 're gon na be paying this much more in contributions . |
| 57 | Every part of the business is expected to perform henceforward — no longer will the investment of more money be relied upon as making it work better in the future . |
| 58 | We are always interested in knowing what you , as Friends , think about the changes we are making , to help us to do even better in the future . |
| 59 | We recognise the need to do even better in the future and we want to meet that need . |
| 60 | It is clearly necessary to find a unified and consistent explanation of all these phenomena and by doing so to find ways of doing better in the future on all three points . |