Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] better " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temptation for a band may be to say that there is too much hassle attached to gigging in the Soviet Union and to wait for better times . |
| 2 | Regular updating and revision must continue in order to provide for better balance of detail throughout the scheme , for new topics and complex subjects , and to make the scheme more attractive to users outside the English-speaking world . |
| 3 | The worker was eventually to benefit from better conditions of work ; for the moment , electricity probably affected him most by providing transport for travel to his work from greater distances . |
| 4 | So any increase in output will have to come from better farming methods , particularly in countries like India , whose rice farmers lag well behind Japan 's in productivity . |
| 5 | It changes from being a cost centre to a profit centre , and this should stimulate management to aim for better performance and should provide increased job satisfaction . |
| 6 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced the Gallup findings yesterday as he unveiled a five-point plan designed to lead to better policing . |
| 7 | These advantages can not , however , be considered to be worth while unless they can be shown to lead to better glycaemic control or a reduction of long term complications of diabetes , or both . |
| 8 | They had come up to the Buraimi for the men to look for better opportunities . |
| 9 | It was all in the knees , he said , and he had liked to ski in better times . |
| 10 | ‘ We still trade from there , but in order to thrive we have had to look at better ways of selling . ’ |
| 11 | Employees need to look at better ergonomic furniture . |
| 12 | Generally speaking , more positive attitudes to rated concepts of the deaf community tend to go with better skills , but these relations would not meet statistical criteria . |
| 13 | The MPs joined port chiefs from Larne to lobby Ministers and other parties at the Commons last night to press for better transport links . |
| 14 | The recently-formed Science and Technology Directorate of Cefic , the European chemical industry federation , plans to lobby for better support of higher education and research . |
| 15 | Reduce debtors to 63 days sales ( £1,095,890 divided by 80 x 63 ) = £863,013 , a reduction of £232,877 ; at 14.5% ; this would be worth £33,767 £50k plus £33k = £83k or , if they chose to , they could have £232k cash to put to better use |
| 16 | Surely the best way to protect the environment is to invest in better public transport and build fewer roads ? |
| 17 | A pressure group known as the Disablement Income Group ( DIG ) was formed to campaign for better provision . |
| 18 | Her initiatives led to the creation in 1930 of the Townswomen 's Guilds ; the founding , with Sir Ernest Simon ( later first Baron Simon of Wythenshawe , q.v. ) , of the Association for Education in Citizenship , 1934 ; and the launching of the Children 's Minimum Committee , 1936 , to campaign for better standards of care and nutrition . |
| 19 | Campaign for learning aids THE newly formed Wrexham and District Forum is to hold two inaugural meetings at the town 's library on June 24 to campaign for better local services for people with learning difficulties . |
| 20 | The Company continued to hope for better times ; its monopoly was left intact under Charles II and James II , and it did not realize how the deterioration of its forts in West Africa was eating up its capital and bringing closer the day when large sums would have to be spent on rebuilding them . |
| 21 | Although sure they had been seen , he thought that their only chance of escape was to run to better cover . |
| 22 | Lifetime employment gives employees greater career stability , and tends to contribute to better industrial relations . |
| 23 | To contribute to better international understanding by establishing links with institutions abroad , fostering exchanges and admitting students from overseas . |
| 24 | Under this scheme mothers had to send to Better Shoe for a poster . |
| 25 | Reports such as the Newsom Report ( 1963 ) were concerned to find ways to encourage young people to aspire to better jobs and television programmes tried to encourage them to set their sights higher . |
| 26 | World Clique was an invitation to all the inhabitants of the planet to come together to respect all cultures and to aspire to better days . |
| 27 | He has accepted 21 of the 28 recommendations made by the committee , but turned down demands for baggage hold examination and the introduction of a levy on fares to pay for better security . |
| 28 | And Miles did n't want to stay with Better Books if Collins was to take over . |
| 29 | You diet , or perhaps just try to change to better food , or to increase exercise . |
| 30 | We hope that the fact that we have won this encourages other small companies to strive for better things . ’ |