Example sentences of "[verb] better [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wagenaar ( 1986 ) also found that memories rated as unpleasant at the time were less well recalled than pleasant ones ( for durations of up to two years ) , despite this , events with higher emotional involvement ratings ( ‘ moderate ’ to ‘ extreme ’ ) were generally recalled better than those with lower ratings ( ‘ nothing ’ or ‘ little ’ ) at all retention intervals studied , though again this was a relatively small effect , r(1603)=0.07 . |
| 2 | Generally , records sell better than books , and publishers want to tap into that larger market . |
| 3 | Mrs Fishfinger 's Koi — they eat better than I do … |
| 4 | As you eat better and become slimmer you will automatically find activity more enjoyable . |
| 5 | Is a nominated subcontractor really likely to perform better than the subcontractor 's own subcontractor ? |
| 6 | Interestingly , initial offerings that reverse leveraged buy-outs — a fast-growing category , especially in America — seem to perform better than average . |
| 7 | Each smaller work group attempts to perform better than their rival groups in both quality control and in the number of suggestions they offer to improve productivity . |
| 8 | Explain why you might expect division to perform better than a ‘ perfect ’ randomizing algorithm , and by how much . |
| 9 | It also remains unclear to what extent disabled people working in the health and caring professions have a better understanding of illness and disability than their able-bodied colleagues , although it can be argued that this should not be a central Issue as disabled people should not be expected to perform better than other people in order to be acceptable . |
| 10 | Three out of four independent economic forecasting bodies expected the Scottish economy to perform better than the UK economy both last year and this year . |
| 11 | Players will tend to perform better when they are among friends than when they are placed in unfamiliar surroundings . |
| 12 | ‘ He is wealthy and he does n't eat better than us and his father works in his garden ’ was a comment tinged with admiration , but dominated nonetheless by the thought that a man so obsessed did not lead the full life . |
| 13 | ‘ Do some animals have higher fitness because they eat better , or do they eat better because they are more fit ? ’ asks Altman . |
| 14 | I am convinced that any steps that can be taken to explore methods of production which make better and more effective use of renewable resources are extremely important . |
| 15 | He was a proud , caring president of the Cricketers ' Association , especially during the difficult Packer years , the implications of which he read better than any . |
| 16 | They held Grimma in awe because of the way she shouted at the men and read better than anyone . |
| 17 | There is no good reason — feminist or other — why cohabiting couples should be treated better than married ones . |
| 18 | He removed it before saying venomously , ‘ Well , I hope if they 're ever in Louise Butler 's position , they 're treated better than you treated that girl . |
| 19 | Focus on producing better and better source code . |
| 20 | Insofar as they intruded on the very different trade in superior goods which Britain and Germany and USA could make better than they could and for which these and other countries had established legitimate mark[et]s and insofar as this intrusion was achieved by methods of subsidy and selling at less than cost it was an illegitimate trade and very disruptive in world trading circles . |
| 21 | A hegemonal class may be more or less ingenious at furthering its political interest while maintaining its position in the power bloc ; the working class may make better or worse use of a revolutionary situation . |
| 22 | Mohammed Azharuddin 's side have bowled , batted , caught and fought better than England . |
| 23 | It is also very fast , especially using the parallel cable option , and gave transfer rates in our test setup that averaged better than 4 megabytes per minute . |
| 24 | The great majority would like to see better and wider roads which would be less congested and safer . |
| 25 | If you come from a certain town or region , you will know what the different voices mean better than someone who comes from outside because you 've learned the code . |
| 26 | Some communicate better than others . |
| 27 | Now you 're obviously I mean most people are but you can obviously understand better think better if they 're more practical |
| 28 | Concurrent Computer Corp , which recently posted better than expected third quarter results ( see below ) , has opted to take Unix System Labs ' Unix System V Release 4.2 MP as the operating system for its next generation of real-time Unix systems , due out by the end of this calendar year ( UX No 402 ) . |
| 29 | Pelargoniums seem to flower better when rather pot-bound , so keep their roots restricted . |
| 30 | Chief Supt Baker added : ‘ The carnival is too big for Handsworth now and there are more suitable parks , big and accessible enough to cope better than the cramped Victorian streets of Handsworth . |