Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] better [noun] " 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 | I 'd think about a better way to handle Eric once I had that out of the way . |
| 3 | Even with the benefit of centuries of debate Hollis can think of no better way to support reason than a grand axiological claim : |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | As he could think of no better plan , he did what she told him . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I can think of no better place to be married . |
| 9 | I can think of no better manual for life in the kingdom than this ‘ Queen of the epistles ’ . |
| 10 | We ca n't think of a better guarantee that you 'll get what you pay for . |
| 11 | You and the good doctor are thick as thieves , and I ca n't think of a better man for you . ’ |
| 12 | I mean everything is , is well , regimented , I ca n't think of a better word |
| 13 | Can you think of a better way to boost circulation ? |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to have a full career here and I could n't think of a better way to do that . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 … |
| 19 | ‘ Well , can you think of a better opportunity for them to find out what 's best for the both of ‘ em ? ’ |
| 20 | If we could think of a better system we would introduce it . |
| 21 | I could n't think of a better place to end this leg of the tour than Belfast . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I ca n't think of a better meal than an omelette with salad and French bread . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Sorvino could n't think of a better reason to get away from the ice-pick drone of the alarm . |
| 26 | Fine artists , too , have a message to get across and equally can benefit from a better understanding of their ‘ consumers ’ and the associated concepts and theories . |
| 27 | ‘ The North-East programme will result in a better service and a more pleasant journey for rail travellers . ’ |
| 28 | Anyone who considers what has happened with regard to the sugar and milk quotas or to anything else about which we felt that we should have had a different package but could not achieve it will be aware of how dangerous it is to allow the negotiations to proceed quickly when a longer discussion might result in a better solution . |
| 29 | The process of modelling the organisation should result in a better understanding of the business . |
| 30 | The aims of Environment City are to achieve a greener and cleaner city which will contribute to a better world which can sustain itself . |