Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for a better " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 . |
| 2 | Teenage farm workers are particularly sensitive to their image at an age when they are dating girls who may or may not hope for a better future than that of a farm worker 's wife . |
| 3 | It is time that your creative talents were developed alongside individuals who are of like mind and outlook , and you could not wish for a better planetary set-up to further your aims and ambitions : the past few years have taught you all you need to know about self-survival . |
| 4 | You could not ask for a better curtain-raiser to the day 's racing . |
| 5 | Later she also campaigned for a better understanding of anorexia . |
| 6 | and new manager John Gorman could't have dreamt up wished for a better start … |
| 7 | The Group , now with over 100 members , also presses for a better deal from the rich countries of the world , mainly in the north . |
| 8 | We think you 'll agree — you could n't wish for a better match . |
| 9 | ‘ Sure I could n't wish for a better husband for her . ’ |
| 10 | You could n't wish for a better place to work . |
| 11 | The chap is very very experienced , he knows what he 's doing and he 's he you you could n't ask for a better worker really but yes d I I do believe he 's got a problem with his eyesight . |
| 12 | Thus deceived , lied to by the leaders they had trusted , in the chill , grey dawn on Friday 6 December 1745 the unbeaten Jacobite army turned its back on its objective and the long and pointless retreat — pointless because they could never hope for a better opportunity than this — began . |