Example sentences of "think [prep] [art] better " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd think about a better way to handle Eric once I had that out of the way . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I can think of no better manual for life in the kingdom than this ‘ Queen of the epistles ’ . |
| 4 | Even with the benefit of centuries of debate Hollis can think of no better way to support reason than a grand axiological claim : |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I can think of no better place to be married . |
| 8 | As he could think of no better plan , he did what she told him . |
| 9 | I can think of no better , happier or more beautiful place for watching his county side being defeated than the Worcestershire county cricket ground . |
| 10 | If we could think of a better system we would introduce it . |
| 11 | ‘ Can you think of a better ? ’ |
| 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 | The method used ( and you may well think of a better one ! ) is to drive two brass gimp or panel pins into the panel on each side of each of the l.e.d.s such that the l.e.d. wires can be looped around ( no tightness here ) and be soldered to the pins rather as Fig. 6 shows . |
| 15 | I ca n't think of a better meal than an omelette with salad and French bread . |
| 16 | ‘ I want to have a full career here and I could n't think of a better way to do that . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Sorvino could n't think of a better reason to get away from the ice-pick drone of the alarm . |
| 19 | We ca n't think of a better guarantee that you 'll get what you pay for . |
| 20 | It was not a satisfactory solution of what came to be called the Southwark Bridge Mystery , but no one could think of a better one . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , can you think of a better opportunity for them to find out what 's best for the both of ‘ em ? ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I could n't think of a better place to end this leg of the tour than Belfast . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 … |
| 26 | Can anyone think of a better one maybe ? |
| 27 | You and the good doctor are thick as thieves , and I ca n't think of a better man for you . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I mean everything is , is well , regimented , I ca n't think of a better word |