Example sentences of "and [pron] better [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some I 've known well , some I 've seduced against their better nature and my better nature , two I 've even married . |
| 2 | This whole issue was considered by the Oakes Committee whose precise terms of reference were ‘ to consider measures to improve the system of management and control of higher education in the maintained sector of England and Wales and its better co-ordination with higher education in the universities ’ . |
| 3 | Against her will and her better judgement , she had fallen in love . |
| 4 | The clerk looked at us uneasily , torn between his duty and his better instincts . |
| 5 | He wanted to cover himself with glory , and what better way than getting accepted by this new elite . |
| 6 | Sleek , sexy styles need body and bounce and what better way to achieve this than with heated curlers — they 've been a girls best friend for decades . |
| 7 | As the Getty Museum knows , no matter how much money you have , it is n't enough , and what better way to get some extra bucks to make that down payment on that Titian than deaccession ? |
| 8 | And what better way than to render all of those things unfashionable . |
| 9 | Every household should have a bible and what better way to look up favourite passages quickly than on your computer system . |
| 10 | Maintenance of the driver and command files for the process is very much the LIFESPAN Manager 's responsibility , and what better way to keep track of them than inside the process to which they refer . |
| 11 | You 've decided you would like to make love to me after all and what better way to do it than trying to win your way into my bed with flattery ? ’ |
| 12 | The NP has been seeking to make itself acceptable to non-whites and what better way than this . |
| 13 | If the past is anything to go by — and what better measure do we have ? — this will not happen . |
| 14 | He was longing to show off his beautiful wife to the County and what better introduction than in the hunting field , as an accomplished horsewoman ? |
| 15 | We must continue to forge links with sister unions right across the E C , and what better ways to target our priorities in this area , by targeting the languages , training in the union . |
| 16 | And what better solution can there be for a decayed or threatened landscape park than for it to become a deer park once again ? |
| 17 | And what better place . |
| 18 | And what better project to visit than the Gyle Centre , WCUK 's biggest ever shopping centre contract in Scotland . |
| 19 | And what better community could you get than in Spring Street , he would ask , for had n't it a shop that supplied food , and two others that fitted you out from top to bottom ? |
| 20 | And what better time to consider this dead end than the twentieth anniversary of 1967 , that pivotal point at which sixties beat music leapt into the beyond , and the very notion of ‘ the progressive ’ was born . |
| 21 | And what better time of year to rely on clean , fresh , natural flavours than high summer , when everything 's at it 's best ? |
| 22 | If expansion were to occur it would have to be underground , and what better time to accomplish it than during excavation for the connecting tunnel ? |
| 23 | ‘ There has been an unfortunate combination of injuries and suspensions and our better players not performing as they can . |