Example sentences of "have [verb] a better [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is entitled ’ Myth of the tax rebels ’ and it says : ’ Over the last decade the Government has done a better job of blowing local authorities to smithereens than Guy Fawkes . |
| 2 | The way ahead for paleontologists trying to build up a knowledge of evolution has been spurred on by the revolution in plate tectonics , which has provided a better understanding of the stratigraphic record and fossilized data . |
| 3 | There are earlier Berman recordings of nearly all the pieces in this latest recital ; in no instance is the interpretation all that different ( though he has found a better edition of Funérailles ) and in most it is rather less satisfying . |
| 4 | By that time , the RECs should have developed a better understanding of the market , and pricing policies to suit . |
| 5 | On a good pitch and with a fast outfield , Indian should have made a better fist of their innings , but only Srikkanth ( who fell to an outstanding catch by Peter Taylor at mid-off ) passed 20 as Australia 's allrounders ran through the order . |
| 6 | Villa boss Ron Atkinson said : ‘ In the first half , we might have made a better game of it if we had turned up . |
| 7 | If Tim had been Czar of Russia he 'd have made a better job of it than the nincompoops that were . |
| 8 | She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher . |
| 9 | Sometimes , it wondered whether dinosaurs would n't have made a better job of civilisation . |
| 10 | I 'd have thought you 'd have made a better job of it . ’ |
| 11 | As a resident of Whaddon , and therefore presumably a member of ‘ the ex-agricultural working class ’ , I am anxious that fellow voters should not be deceived into believing that another candidate would have had a better chance of holding the seat for the Conservatives . |
| 12 | and what better place to say it than here — had Middleton accepted my alternative he would have had a better chance of living ; but I would question very sincerely whether he would have had a VC . |
| 13 | Had he seen a letter from Pope Gregory in AD 601 he 'd have had a better idea of what was happening . |
| 14 | No children , odd sex and , as a high churchman , he 'd really have had a better image of himself if he 'd managed to keep to celibacy . |
| 15 | If he had , he supposed that he would now have been in a much better position to help Celia , would have had a better understanding of what sometimes happened after giving birth . |
| 16 | This probably reflects the perceptions of the respondents rather than a real difference in the actual quality of life of the people who died , although staff members may have been more willing to act as respondents for residents they had got on well with , and those residents may have had a better quality of life because of their relationship with the staff . |
| 17 | Would his wife not have had a better quality of life with fewer children ? |
| 18 | Television showed he was onside and under the revised law it would have stood a better chance of being allowed . |
| 19 | Hollywood could not have created a better image of the middle ages . |
| 20 | Somehow , the party is going to have to find a better way of operating this time round . |
| 21 | In some ways , thought Henry , the man with whom Donald had been confused seemed to have had a better time of it . |
| 22 | If Sir Kenneth had done a better piece of work , and been disliked by the City simply for being too tough in representing the interests of investors , would that have been enough to keep his job ? |
| 23 | If Austin Rover 's Leyland forebears had made a better job of the Stag in the first place , values would probably have risen before . |
| 24 | You should ask them both questions on the card , that way we 've got a better chance of getting them bloody card for yourself in n it ? |
| 25 | The communiqué that was issued after the meeting noted that the talks had been ‘ frank and useful ’ and did not disguise the fact that there were still ‘ major differences ’ on a series of key issues ; but the two leaders had achieved a better understanding of their respective positions and had agreed on the importance of maintaining a ‘ constant dialogue ’ . |
| 26 | There are n't many new ideas , or the money to back them , so if there is a good script that has an Asian angle , the chances are it 's got a better probability of getting made . |
| 27 | If I could cite one example of that , the accountancy profession recruits seventy per cent of its intake from non-accountancy graduates , and in fact , a student taking accountancy , and getting a not particularly good degree , even a lower second class honours degree , can sometimes be regarded by employers as having demonstrated not particularly good aptitude for accountancy , and be discounted in favour of a candidate from another major subject , who 's got a better class of degree . |