Example sentences of "[modal v] have a better [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The locals , in theory , should have a better time of it , the grapevine telling them where the ice is best . |
2 | We 're going to have to close , alas , because it 's been very interesting , and er er er a very diverse , ninety six people think animals should have a better deal , seventy seven think that the use of animals in research is justified at ti , from time to time , and well over seventy |
3 | I 'll have a better idea when I can see the background . |
4 | I 'll have a better stomach for it then . ’ |
5 | I felt they might have a better chance of getting to the capital if they were folded into paper aeroplanes and launched out of the door . |
6 | It might have a better chance of survival at home with me . |
7 | I reckon Crilly might have a better chance . ’ |
8 | I thought no more of it , and stared vacantly into space , wishing that the weather would improve so that I could have a better look at the scenery . |
9 | Cars would slow down so that their drivers could have a better look . |
10 | THE MUDDLES all come from thinking you could have a better idea of God or a worse one or any idea of God at all . |
11 | I think you could play so many tunes on it that not only would we be producing much more efficiently and economically , but people could have a better quality of life too . |
12 | It is their first one , but no jockey could have a better ride . |
13 | We 'd have a better chance to find reasonably paid jobs in London . |
14 | If I was The John Dyson , do n't you think I 'd have a better chance of getting theatre seats ? |
15 | But I had this instinct that you 'd have a better chance if you first spent some time with me — ’ |
16 | If Mrs Marr knew a bit of human anatomy , for example , if she 'd had a medical training or been a PE teacher something like that , she 'd have a better chance of being competent , by which I mean lethal . |
17 | I 'd have a better tan than her at this rate , all the outdoor living I was doing . |
18 | A prairie dog that knows what it 's up against may have a better chance of getting away safely . |
19 | Subordinates may have a better knowledge of ‘ local ’ conditions affecting their area of work . |
20 | Nicklaus may have a better record of second and third places , but winning is what matters ! |
21 | Reluctantly , I think Chelsea may have a better season . |
22 | Now the unit would have its own crew 24 hours a day another factor which would mean Darlington would have a better service . |
23 | Perhaps our dear Lord would have a better chance . |
24 | ‘ Tell your client , ’ said the voice at the other end of the phone , ‘ that he or she would have a better chance of establishing who is or is not responsible for his or her dustbins if he or she employed a lawyer who did n't address his inquiries to people whose principal concern is pharmacology . ’ |
25 | An experiment would have a better chance of persuading people that the publication of opinion polls affected individual views . |
26 | Susan knew that would n't work , but also that she would never be able to explain to Juliet why an amateur enforcer would have a better chance indream than a skilled public servant . |
27 | Furthermore , committees would have a better chance of identifying inefficient budget-output proposals . |
28 | Now Mr , in the light of what Mr has said , do you understand that if the structure plan key diagram was amended in that way , it will still yo leave you and your clients open to challenge , or you would have a better chance of challenging er the er preferred option of the County Councils at the next stage , which is either through the local plan channel or through the er the the planning application stage for the highway ? |
29 | By that time , we shall have a better idea of what this country wants its accountants to do . |
30 | Whenever we work with data values that have been generated by a growth process , we will have a better chance of revealing regularities in their behaviour if we convert them first to logs . |