Object

• quality: Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang is helping to improve air quality with a cleaner, quieter engine.

• efficiency: The agency claimed that the measures were part of efforts by the government " to improve the efficiency of using foreign investment " .

• performance: She explains how sports science support can help to improve athletic performance... Q: In simple terms, what is sports science?

• safety: The review group has published an interim report outlining a number of recommendations to improve the safety of the event in 2001.

• access: This was designed to improve access to what by then was the main port for the short crossing to Ireland.

Preposition: as

• result: Innovation, experimentation and risk taking would be encouraged and services should improve as a result.

Modifying Another Word

• significantly: Mineral concentrations were higher in organic soils whilst soil quality on conventional farms was significantly improved by the addition of organic fertilizer.

• greatly: Indeed, they say, the quality of service has greatly improved.

• vastly: This enhances job satisfaction and thus in turn creates a vastly improved service to the customer.

• continually: We value positive attitude and welcome change to continually improve all that we do.

• continuously: Clinical Governance is a framework which helps staff to continuously improve and safeguard standards of patient care.

Used with why or when

• when: The savers are a bit basic but will hopefully improve when I can afford some better software and have acquired more images.

• what: If you have sent us your comments we will try to use what you say to help us improve what we do.

Present participle complement

• learn: Also under development are a Local Employment Initiative and IT projects to improve learning and employment opportunities.

• live: Part of the same movement to improve living conditions in industrial towns was the setting up of Medical Officers of Health.