Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a more [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Even without Vietnam Western European nations would have taken a more independent line from America .
32 Surely , if the French incursion was serious , the Prussians would have sent a more urgent messenger ?
33 He would have liked a more advanced drawing course , but as that is not on offer has settled for a painting course .
34 Ideally Reagan would have liked a more dramatic scenario whereby his armed forces , especially the US Marines , stormed the hostages ' hideout , killed their kidnappers and returned in glory with the stars and stripes held high .
35 Keld is a Norse word meaning ‘ a spring ’ and the first settlers here could not have chosen a more appropriate name for there is always the sound of water ; the little cluster of stone buildings occupies a headland thrust into the turbulent cataracts of the Swale , in infancy Yorkshire 's most exuberant river .
36 From her family 's point of view she could scarcely have chosen a more unsuitable lover .
37 Paul Manville had to be given his due — he could not have chosen a more apt record to convey his message .
38 In retrospect , I know now that I could not have chosen a more co-operative species than the chub with which to begin a vocation in big-fish angling .
39 It was n't like visualizing a holiday — even a place one has n't been before ; after all , there are certain immutables : land , sea , sky and clouds ( not too many of these , please ) ; and even should one have chosen a more unusual location , such as the Arctic or the Gobi Desert , there are photographs .
40 He could hardly have chosen a more exciting match than Sunday 's in which to run the rule over Yorkshire , but Robinson admits he 's a bad watcher of cricket .
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