Example sentences of "[prep] better [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To better interpret these relationships correlations with a number of other variables were considered . |
| 2 | Consideration should be given to modifying the composition of National Park Committees to increase nominated member representation ( to better reflect the national interest ) and to eliminate any significant single interest group domination . |
| 3 | Consideration should be given by government to modifying the composition of National Park Committees in order to increase nominated member representation ( to better reflect the national interest ) and to eliminate any single interest group domination . |
| 4 | But the discussions we have had point clearly to the next step , which will be to reorganise AEA Technology to better reflect our main activities and the requirements of our customers . |
| 5 | Agencies taking a narrow ‘ English perspective ’ should broaden the range of monuments to better reflect the history and culture of Wales . |
| 6 | The budget of the Horton generally puts day to day work has got to better reflect the fact that there 's a growing district Hospital , and has got to better reflect the size of the population it serves , and then also about a third of the patients that are treated at the Horton come from Warwickshire , Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire , but actually the Horton is funded as if every patient there comes from Oxfordshire , and that 's clearly crazy , and we 've got to make quite sure that cross-boundary flows of patients are better reflected by cross boundary flows of money . |
| 7 | The budget of the Horton generally puts day to day work has got to better reflect the fact that there 's a growing district Hospital , and has got to better reflect the size of the population it serves , and then also about a third of the patients that are treated at the Horton come from Warwickshire , Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire , but actually the Horton is funded as if every patient there comes from Oxfordshire , and that 's clearly crazy , and we 've got to make quite sure that cross-boundary flows of patients are better reflected by cross boundary flows of money . |
| 8 | Initiatives such as the ‘ quality alert mechanism , ’ which enables a quick feedback of problem areas from general practitioners to the purchasing agency , also have to be seen as straightforward and practical moves to better enable monitoring of contracts through the year . |
| 9 | Teclis strode into the sky to better observe the battle . |
| 10 | To better serve your customers worldwide . |
| 11 | TO BETTER serve the growing North American market , Rolls Wood Group [ Repair and Overhauls ] Ltd opened an American sales and customer liaison office in 1991. was appointed as sales manager for the Americas . |
| 12 | Mahmoud , sitting behind the Chief 's desk to better express the awful power of the state , had them brought in . |
| 13 | The basic purposes of pruning are two-fold : first , to divert and concentrate sap flow and energy into the buds and shoots that will grow in the direction we want , to promote or provoke new growth from dormant buds , and to better utilize energy by removing growth that has borne bloom , will not bear more , and can not make worthwhile contribution to the plant 's processes ; and secondly , surgically to remove dead , diseased and infected wood . |
| 14 | No matter what your skin 's present condition , Time Zone 's newly discovered emulsion system helps reprogramme your skin to better retain moisture like young skin . |
| 15 | ‘ Now you are being foolish , lady Anne , ’ complained Joan , the formal mode of address seeming to better convey her displeasure . |
| 16 | Greenpeace , the World Wildlife Fund , the Cousteau Foundation and other organisations have been very successful in mobilising public opinion in favour of designating Antarctica a ‘ World Park ’ , outlawing commercial exploitation of mineral resources , and limiting scientific research and tourism to better protect the region 's flora and fauna . |
| 17 | A NEW code of practice is launched today to better protect consumers against ‘ junk mail ’ and telephone marketing abuses . |
| 18 | The accountant fulfils an important service function by providing information that assists management to better perform the tasks assigned to them ; as such , information should be timely , accurate and , above all , appropriate to management 's needs . |
| 19 | The pitched roof of the main block was re-tiled and large areas of the painted external weatherboarding ( including the whole of the rear gable ) were taken down and replaced with new material backed with a lining of bituminous felt to better exclude the wind . |
| 20 | While at the current time the main focus of this work has been to better assess need through localities , work is being undertaken to identify ways in which budgets could be allocated to localities and purchasing carried out at the local level . |
| 21 | The-CAB door may have been officially ‘ open ’ but minorities were not accepting the invitation , It was felt that the way to remedy the situation was by recruiting more black advice workers so that black clients would feel more comfortable and so that black workers could help white workers to better understand black clients . |
| 22 | It provides a valid purpose for visiting schools on a regular basis which , coincidentally , allows business and higher education to better understand the workings of schools . |
| 23 | To better understand and service your needs , we make a special effort to answer all of our customers ' questions and to help them with any technical problems that may be related to MiLAN products . |
| 24 | Of the initiatives which have been undertaken to enable would-be teachers to better understand the nature of children , that pioneered by Frank Coles ( and latterly by Roger Tingle ) at the Urban Studies Centre , Poplar , East London , is perhaps one of the most significant . |
| 25 | Second , to better understand such ideas as ‘ press freedom ’ , one needs to relate them to their original context . |
| 26 | A helpful workshop to better understand the system being used to teach maths . |
| 27 | In seeking to better understand this collaboration various issues need to be addressed including : |
| 28 | One common theme is to better understand the preconditions and effects of the diffusion of electronics based production technology on the structure and competitiveness of UK industry and or energy supply and demand . |
| 29 | One common theme is to better understand the preconditions and effects of the diffusion of electronics based production technology on the structure and competitiveness of UK industry and or energy supply and demand . |
| 30 | Given the complexities which have so far been uncovered , we may increasingly need to turn to experimental intervention research to better understand the mechanisms of support for differing types of stressful situations . |