The phrase "a better type of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing different categories or classifications, indicating that one is superior to another.
Example: "This new software represents a better type of solution for our data management needs."
Alternatives: "an improved kind of" or "a superior form of".
But that potential 0.5% is also a better type of growth – one that provides firm foundations for future prosperity.
Found a better type of coat for her, and then used some of her aunt's old lining.
Officials describe the plans to take the resort upmarket as a way of attracting a "better type of tourist".
There's a better type of history to celebrate, as anyone who saw the Hogs square off against the Bulls last weekend can tell you.
They had a clear view that advertisers deserved a better type of media agency; one that had innovative ideas, delivered the best deals to clients, and was a nicer place to work.
"A revision of the requirements for entry to the Met - higher educational standards would (I hope) get a better type of applicant and this should be coupled with mores stringent criteria for promotion.
Ultimately, the solution will be to create better types of jobs, a better welfare net and a more effective regulatory regime in India but this is certainly not going to happen overnight.
The joy of playing Mr. Lewis at a more innocent age, he said, is being able to do so with "a youthfulness and an abandon and a just-not-knowing-any-better type of energy".
Recursive forecast combining generally yields a better balance of type I and type II errors than any of the individual forecasting methods, and outperforms the naïve predictions.
This idea of a "better Google Alerts" type of service has been tried before, it's worth noting.
A novel permutation procedure was developed for the correction of PS that identified a smaller set of principal components and achieved a better control of type I error (to λ of 1.032 and 1.006, respectively) than currently used methods.
