Example sentences of "[adv] be a better " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most four-day matches have not only been a better preparation for Test cricketers but have also produced generally more interesting cricket . |
| 2 | I think it might be a good id , I do n't know whether , Lisa would like it better if you would let her know and let her get Kev talking on it , which perhaps be a better idea if she was in on it , but I 'll , I 'll have a word with her |
| 3 | ‘ There has not been a better centre half in the country for the last 18 months . ’ |
| 4 | Phillips what a wonderful ball that almost turned out be there because er Crosby had it not been a better defender would have been in behind Whitlow . |
| 5 | It is my first appearance at the dispatch box in my new role , and it could not be a better issue . |
| 6 | All the newspapers on the front of the stall were French and Harriet cursed herself for not being a better linguist . |
| 7 | He even castigated himself for not being a better example , more patient , gentler . |
| 8 | But you 're making a mistake if you think you 'll ever be a better man than me . |
| 9 | There could hardly be a better reminder of what they were up against : a regent in Scotland with whom they were now at war , but whose political skills they recognized , and whom they regarded with respect , acting for their sovereign in France who so far failed to rule that she got a foreign monarch to tell them off . |
| 10 | There could hardly be a better instance of the primacy of the written word compared with the spoken , of knowledge compared with skill . |
| 11 | There could hardly be a better time to move into insurance auditing . |
| 12 | There could hardly be a better use of the building and its tradition as a ‘ laboratory of the mind ’ . |
| 13 | There always is a better use , for no one really needs that faded 1976 memo . |
| 14 | Robert Louis Stephenson had a phase for it , ‘ To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive , and the true success is to labour ’ . |
| 15 | Robert Louis Stephenson had a phrase for it , ‘ To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive , and the true success is to labour . ’ |
| 16 | Forrester would definately been a better choice to partner Deane in this match . |
| 17 | Mind you their rate of exchange if if you 'd have bought all pesetas in this country it would have probably been a better rate of exchange for you . |
| 18 | Unless you are hoping to use your foreign currency account for future business or investment needs , or as a means of deferring tax payments — when a currency fund ( see page 46 ) would probably be a better option — a currency account can save considerable time and money for people who have to make financial transactions abroad . |
| 19 | If the Home Secretary would listen to more experts , he would probably be a better Home Secretary . |
| 20 | I 'd probably be a better match . |
| 21 | Has there even been a better start to the season ? |
| 22 | And with the Discovery and Trooper enjoying heavy demand in short supply even in the current buying slump , there may even be a better deal still on a Trooper . |
| 23 | A Rover-engine Stag may well be a better car than one with Triumph power , but as a hybrid it will never be so valuable . |
| 24 | For keen walkers , there could n't be a better holiday area — there are 350 km of well marked paths ! |
| 25 | ‘ There could n't be a better time to take up this job ’ , claims Marion Fry , Historic Scotland 's new Education Officer . |
| 26 | If you 're aiming to upgrade from your existing 286 machine , there could n't be a better choice . |
| 27 | She had always known that she must get away from him some time in order to reach Lori , and there could n't be a better opportunity . |
| 28 | With two more days of sunshine forecast , there wo n't be a better place to be this week than at New Road . |
| 29 | There could n't be a better way to start a season . |
| 30 | He felt sure there would n't be a better time to make what he called a good metsieh . |