Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] for better [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they were hot on the trail of a loathsome whine as the party in another mess pined for better days . |
| 2 | The civil service unions chose this moment to strike for better pay . |
| 3 | One problem was that shorter torsos made for better balance when running , but longer torsos could enable longer intestines to become a more efficient non-ruminant digestive system . |
| 4 | DARLINGTON Council is to join a region-wide group lobbying for better rail services to the NorthEast . |
| 5 | Without doubt dry days make for better ferreting but , on the other hand , there will be more rabbits underground during wet weather . |
| 6 | the inhouse best practice technique represents a valid , low-cost approach for identifying what can be achieved and the key elements needed for better performance ; |
| 7 | On May 16 , 1989 , the CPSU central committee 's commission on legal policy called for better co-ordination between and more decisive action from the Interior and Justice Ministries and from the Procuracy . |
| 8 | A petition signed by 2,500 people calling for better nursery provision was presented to County Hall in Durham . |
| 9 | We hope that the fact that we have won this encourages other small companies to strive for better things . ’ |
| 10 | Given that trained and qualified first aiders makes for better treatment of those unfortunate enough to need it , then Douglas Reyburn is well positioned with an extra nine first aiders . |
| 11 | So while Sutton had been frantically interviewing and trying to cope with real stories , Pilger had been to the Regent Street studio of Carrol , Dempsey and Thirkell , designers of the two-month-old Independent , described by the middle classes hoping for better papers as ‘ a good deed in a naughty world ’ . |
| 12 | DARLINGTON council is to join a regionwide group lobbying for better rail services to the North-East . |
| 13 | The MPs joined port chiefs from Larne to lobby Ministers and other parties at the Commons last night to press for better transport links . |
| 14 | Women writers of the period as well as sympathetic men argued for better education as a means of improving the lot of women . |