Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] better [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of September 1949 , therefore , Smith was himself seconded to the BEA to work on sorting out this problem , and he was in fact to stay , in a sustained attempt to work out a better contracts system , thus further strengthening the BEA 's management of the construction programme . |
| 2 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 3 | When the champion hurdler , Beech Road , and Morley Street won at Cheltenham ten days ago it was hard to say which put up the better performance and which would be the stable 's first choice for the Champion Hurdle should both be trained for the race . |
| 4 | And with Deane , you are forgetting the big guy turned down a BETTER contract at Sheff Wed to join Leeds . |
| 5 | No market advisers could ever have dreamed up a better ploy because Laura was only enunciating theories she had always believed in . |
| 6 | Wealth , power , dames : Daine could n't have Dreamed up a better situation for himself in the City if he had been trying . |
| 7 | Bombay has been a good ground for me in the past , but we need to put in a better performance than we have been doing . |
| 8 | The sooner DOL gets back the better IMO . |
| 9 | She was held by the disturbing events of the night , and here was her chance to wait out a better understanding of them on the spot . |
| 10 | Council house building has all but stopped , while sales have stripped out the better stock . |
| 11 | One person 's idea can influence and spark off a better idea in another , and through the interchange something can be created which is more useful than either could achieve alone . |
| 12 | The reconnaissance parties divided up their gear , to share out the better UK equipment , before COPP 3 sailed in HMS Unbending for a reconnaissance of the beaches between Sciaco and the river Belice , some 15 miles ( 24km ) of coast on the south-west shores of Sicily . |
| 13 | We learnt that working together was a lot easier than going solo ; but arguing brought out the better ideas . ’ |
| 14 | She put up a better show in the 1980s . |
| 15 | No , I 'd have thought he 'd have put up a better show than that . |
| 16 | She would hide them beneath her underwear until she could figure out a better place . |
| 17 | After all as I tramped around the hillside barns in the frosty air I was working up a better appetite for my turkey than all the millions lying in bed or slumped by the fire ; and this was aided by the innumerable aperitifs I received from the hospitable farmers . |
| 18 | In the ensuing debate , Alan Shatter , TD of Fine Gael , author of a book on family law , pointed out the better provision being made under the projected divorce law for a first wife than existed at present , and that children of the first marriage would maintain their present rights , though they would have to share with children of the second marriage . |
| 19 | She longed to say it to his face , but somehow she could n't quite bring herself to do so , especially as they had just agreed to try to bring about a better working relationship . |