better shape
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbetterandshape
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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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shape
noun
uk/ʃeɪp/us/ʃeɪp/
the particular physical form or appearance ...
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(Definition ofbetterandshapefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbetter shape
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He feels that we'dbettershapeup and quit trimming the wrong way.
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I think, however, that the literature on markets and market failures is in a lotbettershapethan the theory of hierarchies and hierarchical failure.
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The franc was not at issue and the world monetary system was in muchbettershape.
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Similarly, the law and order services have never been inbettershape, and other services, for example recreation, have been substantially improved.
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They are interim measures, which give us the chance to get the review intobettershapebefore we act on it.
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I think we might have put them intobettershapeif we had had his intimate and expert knowledge.
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The important part relates to work on getting the private finance initiative intobettershape, and a new body is being formed.
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The executive board has a collective managerial responsibility and also puts things inbettershapefor the statutory board.
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Incidentally, how good it is to think that the new issue market may be inbettershapethis year than last.
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The miners were lead to believe that, given their co-operation, the industry would be in abettershapeto pay decent wages.
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Today the economy is inbettershapethan at any time in my lifetime.
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Today's debate is on the economy, which is certainly inbettershapethan at any general election in living memory.
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It is in ratherbettershapethan the country's economy has been, perhaps, since the end of the second world war.
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The line is expected to be ready to reopen in the summer of next year, and it will reopen in abettershapethan ever.
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It is inbettershapenow than for many years.
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There is no question but that the economy is inbettershapethan it has been for many years.
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However, the inflation problem is not as severe as then, and the world economy is inbettershape.
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Commercially, we are probably inbettershapethan we have been for a while.
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The report states, for example, that the beef market is inbettershape.
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Despite the depredations of the recession, industry is now emerging inbettershapeto compete in world markets.
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