Example sentences of "[adv] have a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past . |
| 2 | Having conquered the killer epidemics of infectious diseases it seems strange that we do not have a greater life expectancy in this sense too . |
| 3 | It is difficult for some people to come to grips with the fact that children do not have a higher priority than partners , because some people feel that the purpose of marriage is producing children and therefore it should be the highest priority . |
| 4 | They did not have a higher rate of manic depressive illness or anxiety neurosis . |
| 5 | It promises to be a very close encounter , but North will not have a better chance to redress the balance against the runaway Ulster League winners . |
| 6 | If there is danger , you could not have a better man by your side . ’ |
| 7 | But it 's a pity she did not have a better showcase for her talents . |
| 8 | Built in 1540 , these lovely red-brick stables have been loaned to the Horse Rangers by grace and favour since 1964 , and could not have a better tenant than this exclusive voluntary organisation — exclusive that is to children who do not have their own horses and ponies . |
| 9 | Ramsey did not see why it should not have a wider interest as in Henson 's day . |
| 10 | The researchers believe that supramolecular structures such as micelles will prove particularly useful for the study of autopoietic phenomena because they allow extensive variation in structural organisation and can thus have a higher degree of functional complexity , for example being able to act as hosts to guest molecules , such as enzymes . |
| 11 | Clearly , we have made great progress in bringing inflation under control and we shall soon have a lower rate of inflation than Germany for the first time in a generation . |
| 12 | They do however still have a lower boundary at zero , and the whole distribution is very lop-sided ; outcomes with probabilities less than evens are squashed into the number range 0 to 1 , whereas probabilities above evens can range from 1 to infinity . |
| 13 | Men in general bring in higher wages than women so a family with a male partner will almost always have a higher family income than a family of a lone woman . |
| 14 | A moorland parish will obviously be larger than a parish in a fertile area that was densely settled in early times ; a church that was an Anglo-Saxon missionary centre will usually have a larger parish than one that was founded later . |
| 15 | You will also have a better recall of what has been said . |
| 16 | Any bilateral conflict about different perceptions of an appropriate or just distribution of values may also have a wider impact . |
| 17 | There is a need for three higher-performance machines ( Plant Records , Potting Shed , Arboretum Department ) , which should also have a higher memory specification . |
| 18 | A cold ball will also have a harder feel at impact and will fly lower because of the relative inability of the clubface to impress it . |
| 19 | However , there are those who take the view that , on the day of the actual birthday , they would rather have a smaller celebration with the immediate family . |
| 20 | More than half would rather have a shorter summer break and more holidays at other times . |
| 21 | The correct character may often have a lower confidence because it was not such a good match with the Freeman database . |
| 22 | Dr Tony Martin , a whale biologist at the Sea Mammal Research Unit in Cambridge , said : ‘ It is marvellous that it 's worked and hopefully people both here and internationally will now have a better idea of how to solve a similar problem . |
| 23 | In secondary schools the cooperation of the music department might be enlisted , and the music department there may well have a wider range of recordings to offer , or may be able to advise on suitable pieces . |
| 24 | Testimonies lived out in daily life may frequently have a greater impact for eternity than many a well-delivered sermon . |
| 25 | Hilary could n't have a better coach for GCE Maths . ’ |
| 26 | but of course the main event of the year at Headingley is the Test Match , and say Yorkshire Cricket Club : ‘ You really could n't have a better view than from the comfort of an executive box . ’ |
| 27 | He knows how I feel , me being an only child … he 's a wonderful husband , I could n't have a better husband . |
| 28 | They could n't have a better time to do it . |
| 29 | I do n't want to believe it , but I do n't have a better explanation . |
| 30 | Lucenzo did n't have a better nature . |