Sentence examples for after bettering from inspiring English sources

Rangers are winners of the Scottish Third Division after bettering Queen's Park's result in Saturday's games.

Pollock has earned selection after bettering the B standard of two hours and 17 minutes when he clocked 2 16.30 at last year's Dublin Marathon.

Pollock earned selection after bettering the B standard of two hours and 17 minutes when he clocked 2 16.30 in Dublin last October and while championship marathons tend to be slower than the big city races, it would not be a surprise to see him improving his personal best in Moscow.

Elsewhere Dixons Retail dropped 2.57p to 48.73p on profit taking after better than expected first half results.

Elsewhere Dixons Retail has dropped 1.31p to 49.99p on profit taking after better than expected first half results.

The cuts were restored after better figures were in hand.

Elsewhere catering group Compass climbed 19p to £10.75 after better than expected figures from peer Sodexo.

Its shares climbed 45.5p to 640p after better than expected results.

Lloyds Banking Group is up 2.53p to 79.91p after better than forecast results.

Financial shares rose after better-than-expected earnings reports from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

InterContinental Hotels gained 21p to £15.45 after better than expected third quarter profits of $167m, up 9%.