Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] no [adv] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the middle of the nineteenth century Faraday ( 1791–1867 ) , one of the wisest of men , could do no better than to say that the strength of solids was due to the cohesion between their fine particles and that the subject was a very interesting one . |
| 2 | For a decade until the late 1930s , people could do no better than to regard the electron as an empirical fact . |
| 3 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the local income tax is not an alternative to council tax which commends itself to Conservative Members — or even to most Opposition Members , and he is right to say that anybody interested in knowing why local income tax will not work could do no better than to read the report of our proceedings in Committee . |
| 4 | I can do no better than to draw the attention of the House to this statement in Labour 's charter for sport : ’ We will review the composition and powers of the Sports Council to free them from political bias ’ . |
| 5 | There are three strands of answer to this , each of which has much purchase ; I can do no better than to let the espousers of the three strands speak for themselves . |
| 6 | I can do no better than to quote Thos . |
| 7 | I can do no better than to quote from the trust application document . |