better drainage

collocation in English

meaningsofbetteranddrainage

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better
adjective
uk
/ˈbet.ər/us
/ˈbet̬.ɚ/
comparative of good: of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other things ...
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drainage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdreɪ.nɪdʒ/us
/ˈdreɪ.nɪdʒ/
the system of water or waste liquids flowing away from somewhere into the ground or ...
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(Definition ofbetteranddrainagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbetter drainage

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I should like to see a determined drive to get electricity into our more remote rural areas, a better water supply, andbetterdrainage.
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We should do all we can to getbetterdrainagethroughout the country.
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That is why high grants are important for thebetterdrainageof land and grass regeneration.
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There is no water to providebetterdrainage.
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Betterdrainagegets the water down to the sea.
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Much croft land is under-used and underdeveloped and could benefit frombetterdrainage, more fertilisers and so on.
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Will he agree that this seems to be caused not so much by the weather as bybetterdrainagein agricultural areas?
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Secondly, the bad weather has drawn attention to the need forbetterdrainage.
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There is land still waiting to be reclaimed when we have established abetterdrainagesystem.
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For five hundred years we have from time to time had legislation in an attempt to bring aboutbetterdrainage, and always we have had a multiplication of authorities.
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For ifbetterdrainagesystems up-river are not matched by improvements lower down, they can, as we all know, result in worse flooding in the lower reaches.
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Additional stabilization measures were implemented, including the blasting of loose rock, the installation of rock bolts, and the construction of abetterdrainagesystem.
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Curves that climbed or descended were banked to increase vehicle traction and permitbetterdrainage.
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Areas withbetterdrainagemake excellent farmland, though some land is swampy.
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The steepness of the angle gives the vineyards benefits of more direct sunlight andbetterdrainage.
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In slightly higher areas with some topographic relief andbetterdrainage, beech, maples, basswood, tuliptree and other more mesic species were dominant.
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Betterdrainagewas achieved from the 1860s, with the building of steam pumping stations.
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Sandy soils are more suitable for building due to theirbetterdrainage.
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In 1955, due to agricultural necessity to control recurrent flooding, this canal was widened and deepened to providebetterdrainage.
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