Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adv] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had a far happier childhood than you did , from the sound of it . |
| 2 | I had a much better idea — Khat . |
| 3 | The positive things that have come out of the divorce are that I have a much better relationship with my children and I can read a book in bed and not have a jealous partner by my side trying to prevent me . |
| 4 | Well I have to say that as a result of last night 's session I have a much healthier view of Hydro Electric and I do so would I have got that from the programme ? |
| 5 | ‘ You know , she 's inventive , you see , and she has a much better brain than I have , ’ he said at last . |
| 6 | If you live in Oxford , in the City area of Oxford , you have a far higher chance of getting a home help , getting a place in an elderly person 's home , getting a meals on wheels , than anywhere else in the county , and between the different areas of the county there are vast differences in that . |
| 7 | You have a much greater understanding of your own behaviour patterns and the things that motivate you , and this has helped you established your own list of goals . |
| 8 | Start off properly and you have a much better chance of being welcome year after year . |
| 9 | You have a much better chance of success next time because you will have learnt from your previous experience . |
| 10 | Well , for a pound you have a much better chance of a big win on the football pools than on horses , but that 's purely because of the odds offered . |
| 11 | er , if the , if the , er service charge costs had gone up in the meantime , obviously after you reached the end of the first accounting period you have some accounts to go on and you have a much better idea of what the costs are actually going to be |
| 12 | When you 're on the outside , then you have a much better view of what they 're doing and whether they 're on or whether they 're not . |
| 13 | But if you can show a pattern of attacks , then you have a much stronger case . |
| 14 | Now the there 's only twenty eight , thirty cos we we we 've a much smaller market . |
| 15 | Smith Kline Beecham spokesman Alan Chandler said : ‘ Once we found we had a slightly higher incidence of mumps-meningitis we notified the authorities . |
| 16 | By understanding the way the Greeks separated various facets of love we have a much better idea of where God places his emphasis . |
| 17 | Of course , there is a danger of demagogy , but we feel in Czechoslovakia , with its traditions of competence , that we have a much better chance than some other countries . |
| 18 | The more unfortunate thing is that we have a much better midfielder for the subs bench in Hodge , who can come on and is lively , aswell as likely to score a goal . |
| 19 | Indeed , we have a much better record than that of any Labour Government . |
| 20 | Living happily ever after may not be so common these days , but as we have a much greater life expectancy , perhaps we should n't expect too much of only one marriage . |
| 21 | The problem is , of course , that we the irony is that we are now in a period where we have a much bigger potential workforce who we are not employing as we might . |
| 22 | ‘ We have a much higher profile abroad than we do in this country , ’ said Patrick . |
| 23 | We have a much higher number of women workers in low-paid , low status , non-unionised jobs and higher rates of unemployment among women . |
| 24 | ‘ We have a much smaller selection of highly focused businesses in strong leadership positions in narrowly defined niche markets . |
| 25 | But we have a much deeper understanding than that . |
| 26 | Now this would be unthinkable in Britain , because we have a much stronger tradition of political neutrality for our civil servants . |
| 27 | But they 've a rather shorter run planned this birthday celebration . |
| 28 | They felt that they had a much stronger position than before and that a certain amount of muscle flexing was now unavoidable if they were not to lose face with their supporters . |
| 29 | But before they emerge as adults they have a rather longer incarnation as larvae walking about the river bottom . |
| 30 | No concerted attempt was made to rectify this major perceived weakness relative to the Tories , although they have a far worse record on unemployment , taxation , interest rates , economic growth , balance of payments and government borrowing relative to national income ( taking into account privatisation proceeds ) than the last Labour government . |