Sentence examples for better mainly from inspiring English sources

I thought he would get better, mainly because I was too scared to consider the alternative.

The United States looks better mainly because it didn't make such a commitment.

This effort is much better, mainly because it is simply a new edition of the always entertaining Karaoke Revolution series shined up with some "American Idol" gloss.

But New York is a good place to try to do better, mainly because energy costs are so high in the city.

In the late 18th century the opposite notion began to take hold among sailors, scientists and administrators: that humankind might itself act to change the climate, either for the worse or for the better, mainly through what it did or didn't do to trees.

Here, better mainly means the region should be dissimilar to its nearby regions; see top of Fig. 1 for example.

Public education is better, owing mainly to the Mayor's takeover of the system.

"And London is in some ways better," owing mainly to the presence of musicians from exotic parts of the world.

Goethe's first novel, "The Sorrows of Young Werther," is better known, mainly because it represented such an enormous milestone in literary history; the first German international best-seller, it is said to have started a craze for suicide among young people emulating its hero.

However, the reduced chemicals sourcing costs scenario gives better impacts, mainly in terms of GDP, private consumption and total investment.

But after I figured out little tricks to better maneuver (mainly using the excellent keyboard and its shortcuts), I was back on track.