Example sentences of "can not [verb] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't think of a better meal than an omelette with salad and French bread . |
| 2 | We ca n't think of a better guarantee that you 'll get what you pay for . |
| 3 | So wh what I 'm saying is erm , our modern view , the consequence of this is our modern view of evolution and I ca n't think of a better way to illustrate it than this , is that organisms ultimately are , can really been seen , rather like this . |
| 4 | You and the good doctor are thick as thieves , and I ca n't think of a better man for you . ’ |
| 5 | It 's no five star hotel … but the volunteers on a work week at Didcot Railway centre ca n't think of a better place to spend their dream holiday . |
| 6 | I mean everything is , is well , regimented , I ca n't think of a better word |
| 7 | I ca n't think of a worse crime . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll show ya round with great pleasure , ’ said the affable manager , ‘ but I ca n't think of a worse theatre than this for your show . ’ |
| 9 | GET MARRIED I CA N'T THINK OF A WORSE TORTURE S. |
| 10 | She was cursed ( I ca n't think of a stronger word ) with a permanent affliction , or dosage , of a complex which made her feel and left her with , a strange aura of inadequacy . |
| 11 | You ca n't do without a closer interface and people getting together . |
| 12 | ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained . |
| 13 | I note in passing , however , that , when it comes to squandering the nation 's money , I can not think of a better example than the enormous amounts squandered by the Government in setting up the machinery for the administration of the poll tax , which is now to be totally unwound . |
| 14 | As a nurse I can not think of a healthier diet to follow and can see no disadvantages in it . |
| 15 | " A lower preference can not count against a higher preference " , say the pundits . |
| 16 | One can not generalize about a greater receptivity among Protestant clergy toward the new cosmology . |