Example sentences of "[adv] be better [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 If the 100-μm ridge is associated with the remnant , the latter 's distance could perhaps be better determined by the observation of the ridge at 21cm .
2 However , they continue : But it may perhaps be better understood as an analytical consequence of the Garfinkelian theory that the fit between organization and phenomena , between rules and their applications , is not determined in advance , but rather is the result of an ad hoc and context-sensitive process , performed by speakers ( by the use of shared " methods " ) , in which the recognition of the social act and the construction of interpretation of sequences of such acts are two sides of the same creative ( but nonetheless organized and accountable ) process .
3 He will thus be better equipped to give an informed opinion than under the present procedure when the papers are returned to him some months later through the Lord Chief Justice .
4 The needs of applicants who are contemplating legal practice in England and Wales will generally be better met by studying in a university or college south of the border .
5 It seems odd that we could get hammered in one game , just win the other and still be better rewarded than with 2 draws .
6 Provided the counties , or other entrepreneurs , do not try to fill the gaps with spurious additional games — a serious danger which must be avoided — they should be better prepared to play good cricket on pitches , moreover , which should also be better prepared .
7 The big companies will also be better placed to finance the development of new technologies , turning this traditionally low-tech industry into something closer to chemical engineering .
8 The new centralised system will also be better placed to improve the quality of the figures , which seems to have deteriorated sharply in recent years .
9 In actual fact , that car of his being light , I mean a front wheel drive will probably be able to and being light probably be better served for getting out of difficult situations than the other cars .
10 You 'll probably be better paid , and have a better time of it . ’
11 In the case of the others , foreign learners would probably be better advised to learn the stem+affix combination as an individual item .
12 As far as the exceptions to the policy is concerned , we , again I I would n't say we had a strong feeling on this , but on balance I think it that if it is considered that they are needed they would probably be better dealt with in a separate policy .
13 Some of the money that is currently channelled into day centres and day hospitals would probably be better spent in creating work schemes .
14 Undoubtedly , the retrieval of information will be easier , organization of information will probably be better managed and there will be so much more information available at the press of a button .
15 During her years as team manager she had set up a good system for running the team , organising training camps and equipment sponsors and felt that her energy could now be better spent on developing the sport at grass-root level .
16 This is a great step forward and women can now be better educated .
17 If it is simply that ‘ our heritage is our power ’ , and women gain strength today by looking to their sisters in the past , if what interests her is the vision of an equality between women and men , Schüssler Fiorenza might well be better advised to look to other communities in the ancient Near East .
18 Founder Mark Glover promised to continue the group 's work : " Our efforts to continue the campaign may well be better concentrated elsewhere , on the continent or in the US . "
19 The framework will therefore be better suited to simulating the consequences of different kinds of economic behaviour rather than determining what form economic behaviour has or is likely to take .
20 ‘ I 'll definitely be better prepared this time , ’ he says .
21 Yet it seems likely that resources would actually be better used in other prevention programmes .
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