Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] better " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must consider what leads young men — it is predominantly young men — to see crime as a better outlet for their abilities and energies than lawful activity . |
| 2 | At about 0345 it was decided to try to position Locative in a better position for helicopter winching by towing her into the wind . |
| 3 | As the courts were unwilling to look behind the minister 's affidavit , there was a clear risk that the minister might misuse his power to ensure secrecy for no better reason than administrative convenience . |
| 4 | The women were usually office cleaners or domestic helps ; sometimes they worked in rather poor neighbourhood shops for low wages , being unable to get work in the better city centre stores like Boots or the British Home Stores , where labour was unionized . |
| 5 | There are always two tasks for professionals involved in social change : to change society for the better and to change attitudes . |
| 6 | the ability to effect change for the better . |
| 7 | The originality of Nizan 's entire literary output resides in this particular assertion since it brings together the two dominant strands that coexist tensely in Nizan 's intellectual and emotional outlook : ( i ) a brooding sense of anguish and desperation stemming from the gross injustices and inequalities in the world , and ( ii ) an explosive , irrepressible determination to enter into the struggle and combat the forces of oppression in order to gain access to a better life . |