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Asked Friday how Google was holding up to that aspiration, Mr. Schmidt said a Google critic would be better placed to answer.

It suggests that the company is better placed than it was when he left the first time.

I thought something might happen on the final whistle and I would be better placed nearer the halfway line.

Youngsters who have studied for longer may, moreover, be better placed for an eventual upturn, whenever that might be.

On the face of it, continental Europe ought now to be better placed to cope.

Money funds, with robust credit departments that do not simply rely on ratings, are better placed than corporate treasurers to provide this.

From this point of view it's more important for us, because Juventus is already better placed than us.

I believe that there is no sector better placed than health to make compelling arguments for fairness and social justice.

But it is better placed as a result of the exceptional package of capital, guaranteed funding and liquidity support.

IT IS hard to think of anyone better placed to write the first comprehensive history of American women's literature than Elaine Showalter.

Within the EU, Greeks and Italians will be better placed to move to cooler climes than inhabitants of similarly sized countries elsewhere.

Paradoxically, its geography, natural resources and technological edge leave it better placed than most to retreat behind the barricades.

So as well as being financially better placed to tackle problems, developed countries are morally responsible as well.

Gilles Moec, head of European economic research at Deutsche Bank, says a "technical cabinet" would be better placed to negotiate a bail-out.

But he is right that the current set of organisations is better placed to act quickly than any proposed new bodies.

Compared with their American counterparts, British retailers may be better placed to deal with sustainability issues in future.

Its longstanding "mark-to-market" discipline meant it was better placed to face the truth.

Theoretically, beefed-up supervisors will reduce turf wars and be better placed to wield some influence at the macro-economic level.

Persuading voters that MPs are not so bad is a task that MPs themselves may be better placed to undertake.

But Mr De Maeseneire reckons his company is better placed to take advantage of opportunities presented by the recession.

But Canon and Sony were better placed to achieve that, given their superior intellectual property, and neither has succeeded in doing so.

China may be better placed than most, but the global financial crisis has started to hit the country hard and jolted its confidence.

Few Americans are better placed to answer that question than Kissinger, who has dealt with four generations of Chinese leaders.

Magazines may indeed be better placed than newspapers to cope with the recession and readers' shift towards the web.

Countries that forced more capital into their banking systems early in the crisis are better placed to support the recovery.

Attractive women might generally prefer short-term relationships. They're better placed to move on.

All countries will now be better placed to protect the public health security of their people and the world at large.

Germany is better placed but would be unwilling to act alone.

Never in Poland's troubled history has a leader been better placed to realise his country's true potential.

Both countries are now better placed in the race for technological superiority, he says.

India, less dependent on exports, might appear better placed to weather the storm.

The EAC should be better placed to trade with Congo, Ethiopia and Sudan.

For a start, France is rather better placed than Britain was in the 1970s.

Nobody is better placed to benefit from shoplifting than the shop assistants.

But creditor countries such as China are invariably better placed to take a lead, even if their reluctance is legendary.

And Brazil is better placed to deal with them than many other countries.

No other country is better placed to cash in on the global craze for biofuels.

It means the survivors are fitter and better placed to persevere.

If so you are much better placed than people who are burdened with excessive debts and who struggle to make ends meet.

If and when the US finally lifts its gaze from the Middle East, it will find itself facing a much better placed and more formidable China.

The NHS is thus much better placed than most public services.

The world today is better placed to cope with disaster than it was in the 1930s.

Panama is better placed to reap the benefits.

But as competition in China heats up, some purveyors of 'quality' goods are already better placed than others.

You can't be better placed elsewhere, can you?

Maybe we are better placed now and we have learnt from what happened in 2009 when we lost Xabi Alonso.