Example sentences of "could [not/n't] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SDP did not and could not have a good war . |
| 2 | The trial was , however , relatively small ( 59 patients ) raising the possibility of a type two error , and it is possible that fluticasone propionate was not present in sigmoid colon and rectum and this could not have a therapeutic effect ( two thirds of patients had rectosigmoid disease only ) . |
| 3 | If there is danger , you could not have a better man by your side . ’ |
| 4 | Built in 1540 , these lovely red-brick stables have been loaned to the Horse Rangers by grace and favour since 1964 , and could not have a better tenant than this exclusive voluntary organisation — exclusive that is to children who do not have their own horses and ponies . |
| 5 | Soon after the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 outlawed surrogacy contracts , members of the British Medical Association at their annual meeting voted by a small majority , that surrogacy should be allowed as infertility ’ therapy ’ for couples who could not have a biological child any other way . |
| 6 | Could n't have a normal education . |
| 7 | Hilary could n't have a better coach for GCE Maths . ’ |
| 8 | And the championship could n't have a better launch on Friday morning when Carrickfergus ' Michael McHugh meets Paul Daly of Belmont in the opening U-25 singles semi-final . |
| 9 | He knows how I feel , me being an only child … he 's a wonderful husband , I could n't have a better husband . |
| 10 | They could n't have a better time to do it . |
| 11 | but of course the main event of the year at Headingley is the Test Match , and say Yorkshire Cricket Club : ‘ You really could n't have a better view than from the comfort of an executive box . ’ |
| 12 | " I could n't have a worse offer if I lived to be a hundred . |
| 13 | ‘ You could n't have a fairer face than Mary Bernadette Hogan , spinster of this parish , almost ten years of age , ’ said her father . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't have a quick look through it , then ? ’ she said hopefully . |
| 15 | ‘ Our children play out on the street and there 's a plan to build a school on land nearby surely we could n't have a busy road where children are going to school ? ’ |
| 16 | We could n't have a social issue without reference to the regular social side of our NCT branch and have therefore emphasised the purpose of these meetings in this issue . |