Example sentences of "have [verb] for [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If the indicators for the first quarter remain flat or suggest a further fall in output , then the time will have come for a further cut in interest rates , by another 1 per cent or more . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Heseltine watchers could have wished for no clearer sign of his leadership intentions . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Lynn says … she could n't have wished for a bigger meeting in which to make her first run for Britain … she 's been training hard since the end of the track season and is in good form |
| 6 | It would also have lengthened the plane , but the forces of the hauling system would have been correspondingly less , and an increase of speed could have compensated for the greater distance travelled . |
| 7 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
| 8 | I could not have asked for a better introduction to the summer Alps ’ . |
| 9 | I could n't have asked for a better family ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 14 | ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour . |
| 15 | Even the Government President of Upper Bavaria felt compelled to admit that the relief about Hitler 's survival was not unanimous , but that ‘ part of the population would have welcomed the success of the assassination attempt in the first instance because they would have hoped for an earlier end to the war from it ’ . |
| 16 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |
| 17 | However , the numbers were small and examination of the data showed that several of the Blacks were arrested on one day ( during riots ) and at least one was charged with robbery , probably with adults ; this one incident could have accounted for the larger percentage of Blacks going to the Crown Court . |