Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a better [noun] " 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 | I 'd think about a better way to handle Eric once I had that out of the way . |
| 3 | And they Sought for a Better Sign from Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) , and there was a Sign ; ii . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Revulsion at injustice , poverty and denied opportunity , he says , impels people to work for a better world . |
| 10 | want of a better name at this stage . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This is something no ordinary parent could even begin to enforce and no judicial parent stands in a better position than a natural parent . |
| 14 | He started buying expensive clothes , a car ; he moved to a better flat … |
| 15 | Both of these are good ways to adjust to a better salt balance . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He now works in a group set up by the Bishop of Ely to work on a better understanding of market forces than that shown in Faith in the City , he says . |
| 19 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 20 | For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time . |
| 21 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 22 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
| 23 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
| 24 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 25 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
| 26 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 27 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 28 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |
| 29 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |
| 30 | New boy , Brian Marwood gave them the lead ; his first goal for the club and it could n't have come at a better time . |