Example sentences of "not [vb infin] a better " in BNC.
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1 | One ca n't believe that players such as Colin Stephens , Aled Williams or Adrian Davies would not do a better job in the No10 jersey and it seems a far cry from the days when the Welsh stand off factory was in full production . |
2 | How risible it is that art can not provide a better imitation of life , when we know that life itself is so illusory . |
3 | Because here you have an opportunity to go launch yourself onto a self employed erm platform and can not provide a better platform for that and I would say that would n't I he 's thinking . |
4 | You will not see a better performance than this all year . |
5 | Manager Lennie Lawrence saluted Stuart Ripley 's ‘ wonder ’ goal : ‘ If you watch Sky Television , and watch Italian football , you will not see a better goal than that . |
6 | Built in 1540 , these lovely red-brick stables have been loaned to the Horse Rangers by grace and favour since 1964 , and could not have a better tenant than this exclusive voluntary organisation — exclusive that is to children who do not have their own horses and ponies . |
7 | If there is danger , you could not have a better man by your side . ’ |
8 | It promises to be a very close encounter , but North will not have a better chance to redress the balance against the runaway Ulster League winners . |
9 | But it 's a pity she did not have a better showcase for her talents . |
10 | Punishing someone for doing the wrong thing may inhibit him from that action but does not establish a better pattern . |
11 | ‘ And you will not get a better service for some long time to come , ’ he said on BBC radio . |
12 | We rested quietly and most comfortably in Sligachan Inn , than which I can not imagine a better retreat in the early summer of late autumn , either before or after the great throng , who , coming from north and south to it in the height of the tourist season , make it a place of stir . |
13 | Even in the first century A.D. the author of the Periplus maris Erythraei can not find a better accomplishment for a king of Ethiopia — to counterbalance his notorious greed for money — than his knowledge of Greek . |
14 | ‘ I do n't want a better offer , I do n't want any offer ! |
15 | ‘ I do n't know a better one . ’ |
16 | Now to me you ca n't beat a better that 's one of the best insurance people I 've ever been with . |
17 | He says that the Government want to privatise prisons — but this wo n't provide a better service . |
18 | The fellow did not seem to understand me , for he simply said again : ‘ You wo n't see a better view in the whole of England . |
19 | ‘ If you wish to be an academic in the UK I ca n't see a better place than Bradford . |
20 | He knows how I feel , me being an only child … he 's a wonderful husband , I could n't have a better husband . |
21 | but of course the main event of the year at Headingley is the Test Match , and say Yorkshire Cricket Club : ‘ You really could n't have a better view than from the comfort of an executive box . ’ |
22 | I could n't have a better head groom . |
23 | Hilary could n't have a better coach for GCE Maths . ’ |
24 | Lucenzo did n't have a better nature . |
25 | I do n't want to believe it , but I do n't have a better explanation . |
26 | And the championship could n't have a better launch on Friday morning when Carrickfergus ' Michael McHugh meets Paul Daly of Belmont in the opening U-25 singles semi-final . |
27 | They could n't have a better time to do it . |
28 | I do n't think that , they ca n't put a better offer in can they ? |
29 | And you wo n't get a better view anywhere in the whole of England . ’ |
30 | She made up her mind , as she followed Marco into the cab , to see if she could n't get a better deal out of this Hannah Soo . |