Example sentences of "[verb] to [art] better [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He started buying expensive clothes , a car ; he moved to a better flat
2 A cost cutting programme also contributed to the better figures at the company .
3 Both of these are good ways to adjust to a better salt balance .
4 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 ?
5 The Spanish Enlightenment remained a government-sponsored , government-censored movement largely confined to the better spirits of the public administration .
6 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 .
7 New tenants , particularly from non-conforming households such as single parents , tend to be given the poorer standard housing and are expected to prove their ability to look after and improve their home before being transferred to a better property .
8 He felt a sharp twinge of guilt now for not taking the trouble to visit , but William 's family had moved to a better neighbourhood when William 's mum had made her first million , and Preston had gradually lost touch .
9 Christians believe that the soul goes marching on — they hope to a better world , and atheists in eternal sleep .
10 The aims of Environment City are to achieve a greener and cleaner city which will contribute to a better world which can sustain itself .
11 Furthermore , it will contribute to a better understanding of normal fetomaternal physiology and to the quest for a non-invasive but definitive antenatal diagnostic procedure that would carry no risk to the fetus .
12 Wherever possible , the project and surveys undertaken in training should be drawn directly from the working life of the participant and selected because they will contribute to the better management of the school .
13 But , if they give up , they ca n't really contribute to the better quality of society .
14 That sixties period and all the stories from the era were to play a massive role in Morrissey 's subsequent lyricism and his handling of The Smiths record sleeves : the stories , the Moors murders , Viv ( Spend , Spend , Spend ) Nicholson , Elsie Tanner ( the perfect Northern character so desperately attempting to escape to a better lifestyle ) , the stream of sixties Northern imagery films ( from The Family Way through Saturday Night and Sunday Morning to The Lovers ) and the countless left-overs from the Merseybeat era now parading their former moments of glory around working men 's clubs .
15 Set up a subsidiary planning task to simulate a search for a path starting at N , leading to a better state
16 The CDP considered the paper from its Academic Affairs Committee , and agreed that ‘ the CNAA should be informed that the CDP did not wish to accept the form of partnership proposed in the discussion document ’ : the notion of a different approach leading to a better form of partnership should be explored .
17 Much is being discovered about the nature of bacteria and viruses , and the physiology of cells , leading to a better understanding of the control of host cell function and to development of more effective chemotherapy .
18 A comparison of the proportionality of first preference votes and seats in the Convention election is of interest because investigation of the differences leads to a better understanding of the working of the system .
19 The intersection of the appropriate output characteristic with the output load line then gives a good approximation to which in turn leads to a better value of from the input characteristics and input load line .
20 This conclusion is not a bad thing , for it leads to a better match between deviance and prominence .
21 Here you will need to reduce the airbrake to continue the float and then , as you get to the better ground , to re-open them to make the landing .
22 The very empathy ( charity in the broadest and best sense of the word ) with which he observes his characters seems to point to a better way forward .
23 The resulting pressures on children in getting to the better universities and the question of whether access is open will be considered later .
24 where a special area in one housing estate has been set aside for problem families , where they are given daily supervision combined with training and instruction designed to teach them the elements of home craft and mothercraft so that in due course , when they have proved they can manage their affairs , domestic , financial or otherwise , they can return to a better house in a more desirable neighbourhood .
25 Moreover , if one found that one 's company was at its nadir , the slopes of the V-curve might be revealing of the magnitude of the task in shifting to a better level of profitability .
26 The assessment panels have contributed to a better working relationship between guidance staff and other members of staff .
27 Through the service of humanity , and by action in the cause of brotherhood , we are brought to a better understanding of Truth .
28 One of the major objectives is to contribute to a better understanding of how the scientific constructs used to represent the objectives and practices of nature conservation in the United Kingdom can be communicated more effectively to the general public .
29 And if he wanted a promotion to go to a better school .
30 The fictional drama that had seemed to appeal to the better classes was now being offered to a mass society .
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