Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [adj -er] [noun sg] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he has little hesitation in declaring that his successor as chairman of Esso has done a better job than he was able to achieve . |
| 2 | Ian has made a better recovery than we dared hope , but it is still important that we do not take his fitness for granted . |
| 3 | Hanning has produced a smoother result than repeated medians alone . |
| 4 | The Department of Employment research programme has produced a rosier picture than local studies or the experience of local homeworking campaigns . |
| 5 | The professor said : ‘ Judith has had a worse time than David because all of this is not of her making . |
| 6 | It seemed that Smith has got a better image than the present chancellor has n't he ? |
| 7 | political democracy , urbanization , and education have brought the different sections of the population into more frequent contact with each other and have created even greater mutual awareness , the central value system has found a wider acceptance than in other periods of the history of society . ’ |
| 8 | Sentencing R v Barney ; CA ( Crim Div ) ( Bingham LJ , Ognall , McKinnon JJ ) ; 3 Oct 1989 A judge was in error in implying that , had a defendant been in a position to pay compensation to his victim , he might have received a shorter sentence than that in fact imposed . |
| 9 | After the majestic setting of Old Trafford , Middlesbrough could not have expected a greater contrast than Roots Hall . |
| 10 | She could n't have made a better selection than Keep Talking , a progressive horse both in terms of form and distance . |
| 11 | Given firm instructions the dismissed minister would probably have made a better reformer than his successor , S. S. Lanskoi , who in August 1855 " proclaimed the rights of the nobility to be inviolable " . |
| 12 | Clearly each player so honoured brings his own style and personality to the job and we could n't have had a better example than from David Sole . |
| 13 | The Latics could n't have had a better boost than Saturday 's four-goal demolition of Middlesbrough and Royle said : ‘ That was our best show this season . |
| 14 | Her publications list appears to consist of only two papers , but she may have had a greater influence than this suggests ( J. White , personal communication ) . |
| 15 | Even the more sophisticated tracts , which would have been beyond the comprehension of those on the margins of literacy and were unsuitable for reading aloud , could have had a wider impact than their style might suggest , since their purpose was to furnish people who could read them with arguments which would enable them to go away and convince others of the merits of their party 's cause . |
| 16 | But Bowe believes Lewis should have had a harder warm-up than Dixon , who was outweighed by nearly two stone and was knocked down twice in a ten-rounder five weeks ago . |
| 17 | I am suggesting that within the one is the other — in some respects a Chinese Box would have provided a better diagram than a polarisation continuum , although it would have been difficult to decide which box should be on the outside . |
| 18 | There 's another in the keep would have done just as well , but seal or no seal , they 'd have wanted a better tale than I could think of before they 'd have given me the keys of the keep . |
| 19 | He had scarcely known Maggie , could not have known that he could not have chosen a better treat than this mysterious park , with its vast statues carved out of the living rock : the huge-mouthed cave with its mighty teeth , the vast stone giant , his shoulders visible through bushes a hundred yards away , half hidden in greenery ; and above all , the great carved stone dragon with its broken wings , and wild Chinese eyes . |
| 20 | ‘ But I could n't have chosen a better house than this flat . ’ |
| 21 | Since then the condition of housing in rural areas seems on average to have reached a higher standard than that in many urban areas , even where renovation or renewal policies have been conducted . |
| 22 | You 've got a bigger problem than I have , though — you ca n't leave here but I can . |
| 23 | Britain 's National Audit Office last year concluded that book-building for BT-2 had yielded a better price than underwriting would have done . |
| 24 | He had taken a longer walk than he intended and by the time he returned to the coast road at Newlyn it was quite dark . |
| 25 | IT 'S a long time since I have seen a finer performance than Tom Courtenay is giving at the Traverse . |
| 26 | ‘ Mary , dear , one night when I have made a better meal than I did tonight , I plan to go a little berserk , too , in order to have your solace . ’ |
| 27 | Simon 's had a harder war than you realize , he 's still under a strain . |
| 28 | The hippies have proved a sturdier breed than most . |