Example sentences of "could be [adj -er] than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What could be nicer than a summer picnic ( preferably involving a bicycle ride ) of fresh baguette , ripe Brie or Camembert and a bottle of vin de table ? |
| 2 | ( The surplus could be greater than the number of transferable votes — if , for example , a large proportion of the votes were non-transferable . |
| 3 | After all , what could be better than a get-together with local musicians , listening to your favourite gear played how it should be played , and the all-important bottle of Carlsberg ! |
| 4 | What could be better than a captive ( and captured ) audience ! |
| 5 | And what could be better than a guitar which is guaranteed to be one of a limited number produced this year ? |
| 6 | As an early morning reviver , or a welcome mid-morning break what could be better than a cup of your favourite coffee ? |
| 7 | Nothing could be worse than the life I was leading at present , I thought , where the pressures from being homeless and unemployed were likely to force me into a series of criminal acts which would result in prison , or vagrancy at the least . |
| 8 | Disguising his real feelings he wrote cheerfully , telling them that it was better here than The Hague , as if to say that nothing could be worse than the hell of being unloved . |
| 9 | What could be simpler than the ball carrier going in , turning and setting with the support player going in low and hard and stripping the ball as he turns ? |
| 10 | Jonathon Morris , you will have gathered , is going places — and no one could be happier than the man himself . |
| 11 | Because what could be braver than a lion ? ’ |