Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] than [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could do no better than use the graphic terms in which my hon. Friend described Labour 's position . |
| 2 | There are three strands of answer to this , each of which has much purchase ; I can do no better than to let the espousers of the three strands speak for themselves . |
| 3 | I can do no better than to draw the attention of the House to this statement in Labour 's charter for sport : ’ We will review the composition and powers of the Sports Council to free them from political bias ’ . |
| 4 | For a decade until the late 1930s , people could do no better than to regard the electron as an empirical fact . |
| 5 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the local income tax is not an alternative to council tax which commends itself to Conservative Members — or even to most Opposition Members , and he is right to say that anybody interested in knowing why local income tax will not work could do no better than to read the report of our proceedings in Committee . |
| 6 | Some Tories even forecast that Mr Major would quit voluntarily rather than face the humiliation of a Tory leadership challenge . |
| 7 | Some Tories even forecast that Mr Major would quit voluntarily rather than face the humiliation of a Tory leadership challenge . |
| 8 | I doubt whether the working party will get any further than recommending the status quo , because I 'm absolutely sure in my own mind , that it is a duty that this council has to support village schools , where the parents support them , and where they 're educationally beneficial , to support them in the village communities , because they are , they have other importance than just education . |