Example sentences of "is [adj -er] [prep] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The incidence rate is necessary for studying the causal factors associated with illness , but the prevalence rate is better at reflecting the cost of disease to a community .
2 What sort of financial structure — rich in debt or rich in equity — is better at helping a firm create wealth ?
3 The question which therefore arises is whether the Soviet Union is better at diffusing the benefits of foreign technology than of its own .
4 The reason for preferring one 's dark matter cold is that CDM is better at turning the density fluctuations of inflation-theory into wells in which galaxies can form .
5 The Q-factor meter , a version of which is shown in figure 7.4(b) , is better for determining the inductance L and resistance R of an inductor .
6 The GASB subsequently adopted an approach that is closer to the integral approach than the differential approach , though it is perhaps fair to say that the resulting list of user needs is closer to maintaining the status quo in governmental accounting while leaving the door open to the adoption of business accounting ideas in some areas .
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