Example sentences of "[v-ing] better [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money will help poor village farmers , agricultural associations and self-help projects in applying better techniques to get the most produce from the land . |
| 2 | You see , some of your ideas are beginning to rub off on me , and I want to start keeping better records here , as well has have regular weekly clinics instead of just coming up here on a casual basis . ’ |
| 3 | News itself became more entertaining , and technologies enabling better graphics and presentation made features more attractive . |
| 4 | The angle of the kite to the relative or ‘ apparent ’ wind is best reduced , so the ring is moved ‘ up ’ and this reduces the load on the sail , enabling better control . |
| 5 | The programme can tell the operator the costs of menus and ingredients enabling better planning and budgetary control . |
| 6 | Then he worked on gaining better control of the movements in his left knee . |
| 7 | The idea is that , say , a Domestos Hygiene Advisory Service , a Clarks Health Education Service , or a Butter Information Bureau , all channel information efforts about a product through a focal point , thus gaining better attention from the media , lending an increased air of respectability to what is being done for commercial reasons , and acting as a voice on behalf of the area of expertise in which the manufacturer operates . |
| 8 | Schools seem less reluctant to accept that the difficulties some children experience may well point to a more general problem in school or classroom interaction ; and teachers who have been helped to respond more appropriately to those pupils whom they had found most difficult to teach , have found that in the process they were becoming better teachers to their other pupils as well , with their job satisfaction rising accordingly . |
| 9 | They too are capable of evolving in the direction of becoming better enemies , in this case enemies of cheetahs . |
| 10 | Good readers are always in the process of becoming better readers . |
| 11 | I was driving along t you know t telling David that all the time that that people are on the roads practising how to drive and becoming better drivers there are people like that wally there crossing the roa Oh , it 's Simon . |
| 12 | He is highly sceptical of the April 1 reforms , convinced they will increase bureaucracy without guaranteeing better patient care . |
| 13 | If the fashion industry responded by establishing better links through design and manufacturing to the high street , it would then be able to provide the customer with a more individual product . ’ |
| 14 | Sgt David Chaplin , secretary to the panel , said the scheme formed part of a Youth Crime Challenge aimed at establishing better links between the police , young people and children . |
| 15 | I think a lot of our research writing , directly and indirectly , provides very much the material which these groups are using — U N groups , church groups erm the Friend Centre , other local groups that are either studying development or promoting better attitudes in Britain and policies towards it . |
| 16 | Nevertheless major interest in the European expanded definition , despite overloading AIDS surveillance , will hopefully contribute to health services focusing on the possibility of HIV-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis transmitting HIV and/or M tuberculosis infections to the community , thus promoting better control of both infections . |
| 17 | In this context , the government 's earlier White Paper Promoting better health CM 249 ( 1987 ) is more significant . |
| 18 | Following the White paper Promoting Better Health ( DHSS 1987 ) a new GP contract has been imposed upon family doctors by the Department of Health and came into force in April 1990 . |
| 19 | The notion of paying GP 's to provide certain specified standards of service and undertake certain preventative health measures was a step forward , in terms of both public health accountability and promoting better health . |
| 20 | They are the face of the NHS and they play the crucial role of promoting better health through advice on life style , a healthy diet , exercise , alcohol , smoking and drug addiction . |
| 21 | A consultative document in 1986 was followed up by the White Paper Promoting Better Health ( DHSS 1987 ) . |
| 22 | In conclusion Promoting Better Health and its implementation through the new contract can be seen as the starting point for the subsequent reforms in Working for Patients ( WFP ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Co-Operation North , which aims to advance mutual understanding and respect between the people of Northern Ireland and the Republic , was especially keen to become involved in this major project because we believe that older people have a vital role to play in promoting better understanding and tolerance between the people of Ireland , north and south , ’ said |
| 24 | The BMA has already pinpointed cycling as a way of reducing Heart Disease and cancer , so we clearly have grounds for promoting better facilities for cycling for health reasons and not just to reduce accidents . |
| 25 | Scottish teachers , like their counterparts south of the border , were seeking better pay and conditions ; but the Scottish dispute was also a massive protest at the rapid rate of educational change and at the way in which teachers felt they were expected to carry forward developments without adequate support . |
| 26 | The report came from the Soviet Union where miners within the Arctic Circle are seeking better conditions . |
| 27 | The ecumenical movement had become better established and although it would be an exaggeration to say that the major Protestant denominations were heavily committed to a ‘ Romeward trend ’ , it was clearly the case that many church leaders were seeking better relations with the Roman Church . |
| 28 | Tyzack 's advertisements , especially in the Financial Times , were eagerly studied by those seeking better opportunities in the pre-headhunting days . |
| 29 | In America , we 've spent years developing better cotton . |
| 30 | And some fiction ; women must be writing better books than they seem to be publishing . ’ |