Example sentences of "[verb] to [be] a better " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stability of biliary cholesterol verified by the first appearance of cholesterol monohydrate crystals ( nucleation time ) , rather than the cholesterol saturation index ( CSI ) , is considered to be a better index for differentiating bile metastability . |
| 2 | But the serious training still takes priority , as the team prepares for what needs to be a better season than last . |
| 3 | The quality of our people have to be second to none and so our only asset would again be sensible to ensure that the best people , that we recruited the best people and we retained the best people and we wanted to be profitable , wanted to be lean and mean , hungry and er any profitable organisation is going to be a better organisation as a result of improved profitability and we then finally wanted to improve the quality of our image out there in the market place , we were seen and at least that was I think the Department , certainly my perception we were seen er as being a sort of gentle giant out there . |
| 4 | The therapist should challenge any vague and woolly replies , such as ‘ I just want to get better ’ or , ‘ I 'd like to be a better person ’ . |
| 5 | OK , so you 'd probably end up getting gunned down by the SAS or something , but that 's got to be a better end for a bunch of real rock terrorists than ending up as a Levi 's advert . |
| 6 | We took a risk because there 's got to be a better way ’ ( Perry , 1984 : 3 ) . |
| 7 | The difficulty is if we move to something , er , which is supply based as is being suggested , then it could impact even , even greater and so there 's no perfect er , system for this , but there 's got to be a better way . |
| 8 | You know with a balloon , there 's just got to be a better ways of doing it instead of having to use boring ways . |
| 9 | Cos I know that once the flats are down it 's bound to be a better area but ten again it 'll probably shove trouble to another area , say like . |
| 10 | I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’ |
| 11 | When tested in the experience of humanity it can be found to be a better explanation of the lives and purposes of men and women than its rivals on the laissez-faire Right or the Marxist Left . |
| 12 | Further studies with a defined glucose polymer where electrolyte composition is constant but osmolality and substrate concentration is varied with a range of monomer and polymer concentrations may lead to be a better understanding of these phenomena . |
| 13 | However , case management , although yet another concept ready for misinterpretation , projection , and even linguistic and semantic engineering , is a key component in the delivery of health and social care to priority client groups , and can , on the basis of research evidence in the USA , UK , and Australia , justifiably claim to be a better , more effective way of delivering services to long-term care groups ( including emotionally disturbed children ; see below ) . |
| 14 | If partnerships find the case proven they should consider how the tensions towards fragmentation might be reduced and how they might come to be a better understanding of the responsibilities and common commitments which are essential in any decentralised organisation . |
| 15 | Aim to be a better friend to just one of them , starting from today ! |
| 16 | We do n't see it as dumping as such , it is part of the food chain , and there does n't seem to be a better way of doing it . |
| 17 | There may be an overlapping path which later proves to be a better choice . |
| 18 | Do n't pretend to be a better rider than you are ; you will inevitably be caught out . |
| 19 | That was when I was about fourteen and then I went through a stage of listening to Al Di Meola , people like that , just trying to be a better guitarist . |