Example sentences of "better [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So how did we better that in 1992 ? |
| 2 | Then I saw that a D. Mus. degree required the composition of a fugue in eight parts , and when I wrote a Concerto for string orchestra I felt compelled to better this with a ten-part contrapuntal episode . |
| 3 | If all can be made relatively understandable to newcomers , then they will be better disposed to listening to the word of God preached with conviction , which the Bible says contains the seed of life to those who are otherwise perishing . |
| 4 | In that the directors are often likely to be better disposed to the workforce than are the shareholders this may be of some practical importance . |
| 5 | He had proved useful in the woodland , being better accustomed to thick woods than any of the others . |
| 6 | And yet these would be better able to be active and grow quickly on a limited food supply , particularly in a stable equable climate . |
| 7 | Simpkin will be better able to gauge how good Hong Kong 's chances will be at the September 19th-26th Asian Championship in Seoul by their performance in internationals against the Americans ( April 18th in San Francisco ) and the Russians ( early September ) . |
| 8 | Others , however , were better able to " school " a profession . |
| 9 | Smith , though , is of the opinion that Rangers ' problems , while substantial , are better able to be handled now than they would have been five years ago . |
| 10 | They would be better fed , better clothed — even better educated — while their parents were alive , and better pleased with their legacies once those parents were dead . |
| 11 | Nenna would have felt better pleased with herself if she had resembled her elder daughter . |
| 12 | In her unsentimental way she loved children , though no one was better aware of their knavish tricks . |
| 13 | She was better satisfied with their trip to a beauty parlour , where Martha 's hair was released from its braids , anointed with a number of glutinous white creams , cut to the level of her shoulders and wound upon enormous wire rollers . |
| 14 | yes that 's right any way I shoot off and as I say hope you 'll soon be a bit better both of you |