Example sentences of "[be] better [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The size of the beds is much more easily appreciated , the spaces between them can be better compared to the dimensions of the beds , and the proportions of the various plants can be correctly assessed , so that mistakes in juxtaposition can be adjusted . |
| 2 | Indeed , hi-tech could be better understood as a set of principles distilled from a collection of material forms than as objects intended to embody prior principles . |
| 3 | However , they continue : But it may perhaps be better understood as an analytical consequence of the Garfinkelian theory that the fit between organization and phenomena , between rules and their applications , is not determined in advance , but rather is the result of an ad hoc and context-sensitive process , performed by speakers ( by the use of shared " methods " ) , in which the recognition of the social act and the construction of interpretation of sequences of such acts are two sides of the same creative ( but nonetheless organized and accountable ) process . |
| 4 | There is nothing in the present that can not be better understood in the light of its historical context and origins ; ii ) to arouse interest in the past . |
| 5 | If the 100-μm ridge is associated with the remnant , the latter 's distance could perhaps be better determined by the observation of the ridge at 21cm . |
| 6 | Whether course of employment in a particular statute should include a tea break or the trip to work may be better decided by a tribunal staffed with a lawyer chairman and ‘ wing ’ members representing the interests of trade unionists and employers rather than the ordinary courts . |
| 7 | The road is totally unsuitable to serve a further housing development which would be better accessed by the originally proposed route along the existing footpath east of Bellburn Lane . |
| 8 | We must again remind ourselves that there was more than one episode of dinosaur extinction when food and dietary factors have had equal relevance , although each succeeding ( and changed ) species seemed to be better fitted to an ecologically evolved environment . |
| 9 | The working party decided that users would be better served by a requirement for companies to adopt flow-through accounting for taxation changes , but also suggested some short-term improvements for the meantime . |
| 10 | I 'm convinced the public would be better served by a wider cross-section of journalists . |
| 11 | For example , both would appear to be better served by a contract which gave A £100 or £500 , hence B — £100 or £1500 ( this has not been drawn in , to avoid obscuring the main points of the figure ) . |
| 12 | Speaking on Feb. 3 the Prime Minister questioned the possibility of the conference 's success , saying that it was " too costly in its current form " ; he claimed that the country would be better served by a " national round table " with a limited number of delegates who would draft a new constitution and set an election timetable [ see also p. 38706 ] . |
| 13 | However , until these recommendations become law , the tenant should carefully consider whether his interests would be better served by the negotiation of a short term , trusting to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 for security of tenure . |
| 14 | In 1972 , after our brief flirtation with the European Free Trade Association , we thought that our self-interest would be better served within the EC , so we joined , and I supported our membership in this House . |
| 15 | F-15s and F-16s off the shelf rather than waste vast development costs which could be better deployed in the commercial sector . |
| 16 | F-15s and F-16s off the shelf rather than waste vast development costs which could be better deployed in the commercial sector . |
| 17 | In such a case , the auditors ' report referred to in s 248 would be better separated from the main audit report and included instead in a note which explained that , although it was entitled to the exemption , the company was not taking advantage of it . |
| 18 | ‘ It would be better sited beside a motorway , where the noise would n't give extra harm . ’ |
| 19 | One should decide whether any information would be better given on a hand-out , or on the overhead projector . |
| 20 | This revised route will reduce the severance impact on a number of farms and will enable the road to be better integrated into the existing countryside . |
| 21 | This revised route will reduce the severance impact on a number of farms and will enable the road to be better integrated into the existing countryside . |
| 22 | The problem involves conceptual and practical issues requiring research and consultation that the Board believes would be better conducted as a separate project . |
| 23 | Local employers and employees , unions and other statutory bodies were involved in this work in an attempt to be better prepared for the crisis . |
| 24 | Clearly , some of the needs now met by social services departments would be better met by the old people themselves if they had the financial means to preserve their own independence . |
| 25 | It can be better seen as a necessary precondition for the continuing existence , not of an individual , as is the case with hunger , but of the species . |
| 26 | Statutory inquiries may be better seen as a form of mediation or consultation . |
| 27 | Pat Choate 's book will be better received in the United States than in Europe , although it should certainly find French readers . |
| 28 | You would be better dealing with an ex-military spares specialist ( see the ads in LRO ) . |
| 29 | Very often , a one-to-one relationship can be better expressed as a single entity , with one of the entities forming attributes of the more significant entity . |
| 30 | When Greg returned with the snowball , Margaret Seymour-Strachey had shifted her position so as to be better shielded from the rest of the Saloon Bar , and it was clear that she had not managed to get control over herself , for she was now sobbing away quietly . |