Example sentences of "[not/n't] be better [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than arguing that elderly people should automatically have a right to all forms of screening or other selective treatments , we should ask whether such programmes should be in Operation at all , and if the resources would not be better deployed in alternative approaches . |
| 2 | The dark side of radio politics can not be better illustrated than by Sefton Delmer 's Black Boomerang , an account of the murky world of Britain 's black radio propaganda put out during the war . |
| 3 | The considerable flexibility mentioned earlier could not be better illustrated than through one of John Barker 's much-used parachutes . |
| 4 | Does my hon. Friend agree that our achievements in that aspect of education could not be better illustrated than by that which pertains in Nottinghamshire , where the university now has the highest ratio of applications to available places and where Nottingham polytechnic , which is soon to be a university , is planning to increase its capacity over the next couple of years to 16,000 student places ? |
| 5 | This need can not be better filled than by the Citizens Advice Bureaux . ’ |
| 6 | It can not be better exemplified than by the uncomfortable relationship of late Cretaceous marine sediments to the metamorphosed Precambrian rocks of the Bohemian Massif , as illustrated in plate 3.1 . |
| 7 | There is nothing in the present that can not be better understood in the light of its historical context and origins ; ii ) to arouse interest in the past . |
| 8 | As Labour 's spokesman on Northern Ireland , one might enquire whether he would not be better employed trying to do something about the vermin planting bombs in the Six Counties rather than those worrying sheep in the Home Counties . |
| 9 | There has been discussion over whether the DROs should not be better trained , possibly in other social work , in order that they can help the disabled adjust psychologically to their change of status as well as help them in practical ways . |
| 10 | But New Zealand farmers could not be better placed for the day when ( if ) other rich countries lower barriers to food imports and abolish farm subsidies . |
| 11 | However , I believe that if Scottish Enterprise has the matter in hand , it could not be better dealt with . |
| 12 | Her breakdown can not be better described than in her own words : ‘ She saw , as she thought , devils opening their mouths all inflamed with burning waves of fire , as if they would have swallowed her in , sometimes ramping at her , sometimes threatening her … night and day , during the aforesaid time ’ . |
| 13 | By making all financial reports directly comparable , better decisions can be taken about whether resources would not be better spent in different areas or in different amounts . |
| 14 | My question is to , that er , police officer or to the Chief Constable , or to anybody who can answer , how much is it gon na cost that , for that paper to be produced , and would it not be better spent in putting a police officer in Stratton St Margaret , where there has n't been one on the beat for the last six months , to help us reduce the number of er , of crimes committed in Stratton . |
| 15 | This is a good means of keeping it out of harm 's way and it could not be better camouflaged . |
| 16 | ‘ If a book like this has to be written , and in the end I think that it does , it could n't be better done . |
| 17 | I should n't think Edouard wants any further investment just now — but if he did , darling , if you have , you know , a little pin money , then , you could n't be better advised than to- ’ |
| 18 | He chatted on about them for the rest of the journey , as she had hoped he would , and she learnt that they could n't be better looked after . |