‘I lift myself on my elbows the better to hear the rest of their conversation.’
‘He gripped my hand and pulled me slightly towards him, the better to hear, and I remember thinking that he smelt very nice.’
‘So we stepped outside, blinking in the suddenly warm sunlight, and leaned our heads against the door, the better to hear the conversation going on inside.’
‘The sound is indeed bright and clear most of the time, all the better to hear the glorious pop songs playing from the wireless.’
‘They quieted, however, when the Elder waved a hand to shush them, the better to hear what else the Imkill had to say.’
‘Whatever is out there, Crosby is investing his bonus sightings from last year with trigger cameras and night-vision glasses, all the better to find it.’
‘Not unmixed praise, to be sure - but it was part of Marx's strategy to praise capitalism more fervently than the most naive liberal, all the better to bury it.’
‘I'm sure it's time I had a consultation exercise on something or other - all the better to keep the civil servants busy while I watch the telly.’
‘Best to show up with a lot of photos of your cats or your grandchildren, the better to facilitate conversations with those around you.’
‘What's more, Google is aiming to link together patterns in your web searching and your inbox, the better to deliver ads.’
‘Cam's own table was at the stairhead, the better to greet and farewell his guests, and to ask a favoured one occasionally to join him for a quick drink.’
‘It's all fuel for thought, mind's wheels turning, a tap of my industrial frustrations, the better to be able to write in the morning.’
‘The girls wanted a wide range of music - all the better to attract a wide range of listeners - but there is a unity to their selections.’
‘A slider on the side of the contact sheet lets you instantly enlarge and examine hundreds of pictures at a glance, the better to find the one you're hunting for.’
‘On entering, I switch it off, the better to concentrate on what a shiny, show-off, thieving bunch the old Venetians were.’
‘Cars used by the unit were Opel saloons adapted with four-wheel drive - the better to escape opposition security forces.’
‘I went to the French doors in the study the better to enjoy this daily treat, and to relish in the racket of honking and wing-flapping as they passed over.’
‘Nor are the tables arranged in long rows, as they are in Germany, all the better to sway in unison to the tunes of raucous drinking songs.’
‘Some of them had paid for front rooms and seats at windows of houses facing the prison, all the better to witness the last moments of a dying man.’
‘The harbour is to be dredged, and a pontoon will be built across the middle, the better to accommodate sailing cruisers.’
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