Example sentences of "[verb] of a better [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | want of a better name at this stage . |
| 2 | We ca n't think of a better guarantee that you 'll get what you pay for . |
| 3 | You and the good doctor are thick as thieves , and I ca n't think of a better man for you . ’ |
| 4 | I mean everything is , is well , regimented , I ca n't think of a better word |
| 5 | Can you think of a better way to boost circulation ? |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to have a full career here and I could n't think of a better way to do that . |
| 8 | And while she was having a whisky and eating a piece of cake at eleven o'clock , in a hapless impulse to demonstrate and somehow fix her freebooting mood — though she saw the irrationality of it on a day that had begun with a clear insight that at least she would try to equal his thinness even if she could never hope to achieve the frugality of his expectations — just as she was leaving the last part of the cake , she would think of a better way to write the note . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Maybe its a bit difficult for people with either a non UK sense of humour ( I include you Irish folks in UK … sorry guys , but could nt think of a better description … |
| 11 | ‘ Well , can you think of a better opportunity for them to find out what 's best for the both of ‘ em ? ’ |
| 12 | If we could think of a better system we would introduce it . |
| 13 | I could n't think of a better place to end this leg of the tour than Belfast . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I ca n't think of a better meal than an omelette with salad and French bread . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Sorvino could n't think of a better reason to get away from the ice-pick drone of the alarm . |
| 18 | They were introduced to one another by a woman friend who thought they should get on well in London as Margaret came of a better family and knew the people , and Ivy had the money . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think you could have thought of a better way of rewarding her , she seems such an independent little thing . ‘ |
| 20 | The proportions … ’ he began vaguely , and then thought of a better line . |
| 21 | I used to use a stop watch and then I thought of a better way . |
| 22 | think of a better way , that was in the blood , put it like that . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you mind if I have a look over the garden , ’ Yanto called after him , unable to think of a better excuse . |
| 24 | It had the added refinement of being fully automatic — still uncommon with diesels — and it was difficult to think of a better car for relaxed and economical touring . |
| 25 | Elaine , a 16-year-old girl who has spent most of her life on the streets of Rio de Janeiro , in Brazil , puts it better : ‘ I dream of a better world , a world where children and adults are no longer abandoned , tortured and murdered because of who we are or what we do … |