Example sentences of "[verb] of [art] better [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | want of a better name at this stage . |
| 2 | Even with the benefit of centuries of debate Hollis can think of no better way to support reason than a grand axiological claim : |
| 3 | Three and four decades ago , I was a star-struck cinema-goer who could think of no better way to pass a morning , afternoon or evening than by visiting the local flea-pit . |
| 4 | I can think of no better expression to characterise these similarities than ‘ family resemblances ’ ; for the various resemblances between members of a family … overlap and criss-cross in the same way . ’ |
| 5 | As he could think of no better plan , he did what she told him . |
| 6 | This is a subject to which more thought should be given , and I can think of no better organisation to pursue it than your own . |
| 7 | ‘ I can think of no better place to be married . |
| 8 | I can think of no better manual for life in the kingdom than this ‘ Queen of the epistles ’ . |
| 9 | We ca n't think of a better guarantee that you 'll get what you pay for . |
| 10 | You and the good doctor are thick as thieves , and I ca n't think of a better man for you . ’ |
| 11 | I mean everything is , is well , regimented , I ca n't think of a better word |
| 12 | Can you think of a better way to boost circulation ? |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I want to have a full career here and I could n't think of a better way to do that . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 … |
| 18 | ‘ Well , can you think of a better opportunity for them to find out what 's best for the both of ‘ em ? ’ |
| 19 | If we could think of a better system we would introduce it . |
| 20 | I could n't think of a better place to end this leg of the tour than Belfast . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I ca n't think of a better meal than an omelette with salad and French bread . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Sorvino could n't think of a better reason to get away from the ice-pick drone of the alarm . |
| 25 | Many of the GPs who are now budget holders are proudly boasting of the better service they can offer patients but all freely admit that it is at the expense of the patients of nonbudget-holding GPs . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't think you could have thought of a better way of rewarding her , she seems such an independent little thing . ‘ |
| 28 | The proportions … ’ he began vaguely , and then thought of a better line . |
| 29 | As Gerry and his fellow villagers talked of the better days to come , a carload of American tourists pulled up in the street beside him and asked for directions to ‘ Dannygal ’ . |
| 30 | It felt quite good to get them returned covered with diagrams and comments , I know of no better sign that a project has the attention and support of the personnel involved . |