Sentence examples for better draft from inspiring English sources

With long poles they adjusted the pyres to direct a better draft so that the cremation could proceed faster.

The Colts, in winning two straight games after starting 0-13, have dispelled the notion that professional players would try to lose to secure a better draft position.

In basketball, the best teams are gearing up for a long spring while losing teams are jockeying for better draft picks.

You need to work out which will help you write a better draft, and which are there to control and muzzle you.

"I don't want to win any games!" David wanted the Jets to tank, so that the team could secure a better draft pick.

The logic is fairly simple: If a team has already been eliminated from playoff contention, then tanking – losing as many games as possible in hopes of landing a better draft pick – starts to look like an attractive strategy.

There is hope for better drafting, given Walsh's unproductive choices.

First, it is ambiguously worded; most by-laws are better drafted to state that a shareholder must follow the advance-notice requirements.

With benefit of hindsight, the definition of "MSLO Store" might have been better drafted to make clear that it meant a stand-alone store, like Ralph Lauren's flagship store on Madison Avenue.

Simon Bartholomew of Russell Reynolds, an executive-search company, says it is harder for small quoted companies to recruit high-quality non-executives, because they often have weaker financial controls, their boards carry less prestige and they pay less.Mr Higgs, whose report is better reading than the code, could spend the weekend looking at how the code might be better drafted.

As usual, I wish the proposition had been better drafted but I say YES.