Example sentences of "it [verb] [art] better [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has a better gearbox , an engine that is simply in a different class and actually lives up to the promise made by its sleek shape . |
| 2 | It seemed a better idea than sitting in the village street for three hours . |
| 3 | It seemed a better idea this time . |
| 4 | She had joined the course at her parents ' insistence and while it was n't her idea of fun at the time it seemed a better alternative than being behind a typewriter . |
| 5 | While there was , at least for Monnet and Schuman , an altruistic motive behind the scheme , it is clear that France found the idea attractive because it offered a better way than the International Ruhr Authority of binding the new West Germany to external control while it was still relatively weak . |
| 6 | Some regard this lovely fish as the ‘ poor man 's harlequin ’ , but it deserves a better billing than that . |
| 7 | ‘ It took the better part of an hour to get to brass tacks , but we managed it in the end , sir . ’ |
| 8 | And you think it gave a better meat because |
| 9 | It gave a better living standard to farmers , helped an area of the EEC economy which ( except for Holland ) was labour-intensive and inefficient , and it led the Community to grow more of its own food , guaranteeing supplies to consumers . |
| 10 | It gave a better light than the matches , and we all began to count . |
| 11 | I know a lot of us have done terms for a long term , but to be together closely and observe each other reacting and doing things it gives a better idea of how people think , being in this together . |
| 12 | We would be inclined to use the first , because it gives a better sense of the feel of the anthology ; but this is a fairly arbitrary decision , where rule-books do not help . |
| 13 | Er ye yes , if it gives a better service at the end of the day |
| 14 | It gives a better ending to the novel as it brings everything together but still leaves you thinking as it ends |
| 15 | They say that 20 per cent of American motorists who can run cars on unleaded petrol are switching back to lead because it gives a better performance . |
| 16 | It gives a better guide to where the money has been used . |
| 17 | She moved towards it to take a better look , glad of the chance to withdraw a little from his disturbing presence . |
| 18 | A longer time period is probably advantageous to the acquirer as it enables a better assessment of assets to be made and gives time for undisclosed liabilities to appear . |
| 19 | Dr Hugh Rushton , Research Director for the Philip Kingsley Trichology Clinic , believes that hormone replacement therapy ( HRT ) is very effective in restoring condition to hair because it maintains a better balance of hormones , particularly oestrogen . |
| 20 | Ahmed : When you are Black and gay and you open yourself up to the realities and contradictions inherent in this combined identity , it provides a better basis for understanding other people 's experience , both intellectually and intuitively . |
| 21 | In this chapter , it is proposed to consider in detail the radical legislation passed in Michigan , New South Wales and Canada , with a view to assessing whether it provides a better solution to the problem of rape than that envisaged by the Criminal Law Revision Committee in England . |
| 22 | Fundholding poses ethical problems , either because it secures a better service for the patients of a fundholding practice over those whose doctors happen not to hold a fund , or because it does not . |
| 23 | It makes a better cut . |
| 24 | By adding a small amount of liquid soap to the water as you mix , it acquires a better texture , allowing it to be manipulation more easily . , |