Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [art] better " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course it was too early in his life to be certain that the gods had called him , but I could have wished for no better career for him than that of a priest-administrator . |
| 2 | Larkins , who made 103 before retiring to give his team-mates a bat , could not have wished for a better comeback , and with Robin Smith making a stylish 70 , England made 263 for four from 50 overs . |
| 3 | The north-east has been transformed for the better , not least by the flow of inward investment and the diversification that has taken place . |
| 4 | NAM originated in the Bandung Conference of 1955 , where a large number of poor African and Asian countries called for a better economic deal from the rich countries of the world . |
| 5 | The report called for the better organization of training and education between employers , trade unions and individuals . |
| 6 | He concluded : ‘ But in my judgment the powers to seize and retain are conferred for the better performances of public functions by public bodies and can not be used to make information available to private individuals for their private purposes . ’ |
| 7 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
| 8 | Carl Llewellyn , 26 , was having his third ride in the Grand National and could never have hoped for a better experience around the huge Aintree fences . |
| 9 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 10 | ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour . |
| 11 | Walker recorded a time of 8 mins 26.50 secs in Auckland two years ago , and after a highly successful , injury-free winter , had hoped for a better opening to his steeplechase season . |
| 12 | The Deaf Broadcasting Council ( DBC ) , a standing committee , which since 1980 has with considerable success campaigned for a better service for hearing-impaired people from the broadcasting media . |
| 13 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
| 14 | I could not have asked for a better introduction to the summer Alps ’ . |
| 15 | I could n't have asked for a better family ! |
| 16 | If the cast had needed a demonstration of Michael Banks 's genuine warmth , they could not have asked for a better one than the way he dealt with Alex Household . |
| 17 | But it is also uplifting to find a course charted for a better world that combines environmental protection , civil liberties and economic development as three sides of a single strategy , rather than bolted together in disjointed and contradictory declarations . |
| 18 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |
| 19 | It 's hard to believe that the man who used to play the bass in a sullen and studenty pop group called The Housemartins is the creator of this year 's most significant number one single , but the success of ‘ Dub Be Good To Me ’ is a sing that things have truly changed for the better . |
| 20 | Full-time workers are engaged to promote ‘ The Maharishi Effect ’ — the theory that a community or area will be changed for the better if one per cent of the population meditates . |
| 21 | Some of the policies have now , grudgingly , been changed for the better . |
| 22 | Things have changed for the better , but how ? |
| 23 | ‘ Even when I decided to go back with him last year I found out again how stubborn he could be , but now everything 's changed for the better . ’ |
| 24 | Terry Philpot , in the second of two articles , suggests how the situation could be changed for the better and the profession portrayed more positively |
| 25 | before hand there were the same designated police officer of the same specialized suites , things have changed and they have changed for the better . |
| 26 | The weather changed for the better . |
| 27 | It is suggested that they have changed for the better , while we have not . |
| 28 | Much has changed for the better , thanks to Alec 's discovery . |
| 29 | In the eighteen months since Mrs Thatcher had taken up employment at Dickins and Jones , the mood of the Party had perceptibly changed for the better , the great bulk of the membership having transferred its loyalty smoothly from the old Leader to the new . |
| 30 | When you realise that 90 are now considered a reasonable number , it is clear that at least one thing has not changed for the better . |