Example sentences of "have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | By that time , we shall have a better idea of what this country wants its accountants to do . |
| 32 | You will ultimately have a better vehicle however . |
| 33 | ‘ Tell your client , ’ said the voice at the other end of the phone , ‘ that he or she would have a better chance of establishing who is or is not responsible for his or her dustbins if he or she employed a lawyer who did n't address his inquiries to people whose principal concern is pharmacology . ’ |
| 34 | Whenever we work with data values that have been generated by a growth process , we will have a better chance of revealing regularities in their behaviour if we convert them first to logs . |
| 35 | An experiment would have a better chance of persuading people that the publication of opinion polls affected individual views . |
| 36 | ‘ If the mechanism holds up , we will have a better means to identify which toxin is involved , ’ adds Schutzer . |
| 37 | I 'd have a better tan than her at this rate , all the outdoor living I was doing . |
| 38 | You will then have a better chance of getting through to the interview stage ; |
| 39 | This way you will have a better idea of whether the job will suit you , you avoid wasting your and the interviewer 's time , and you sidestep one possibility of creating a negative impression . |
| 40 | Built in 1540 , these lovely red-brick stables have been loaned to the Horse Rangers by grace and favour since 1964 , and could not have a better tenant than this exclusive voluntary organisation — exclusive that is to children who do not have their own horses and ponies . |
| 41 | but of course the main event of the year at Headingley is the Test Match , and say Yorkshire Cricket Club : ‘ You really could n't have a better view than from the comfort of an executive box . ’ |
| 42 | I could n't have a better head groom . |
| 43 | Nicklaus may have a better record of second and third places , but winning is what matters ! |
| 44 | In the over-60s this can have a better effect than an apple a day at keeping doctors away . |
| 45 | He used it to attack paternalistic officialdom and to articulate demands for social progress : ‘ I 'd tell people to forget their old ordinary life because ultimately , anyhow , we 'll either have a better life than that , or bust . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ We may never have a better chance to conclude such a wide-ranging agreement . |
| 47 | ‘ We may never have a better chance to conclude such a wide-ranging agreement . |
| 48 | We should then have a better idea about the Gold Cup . |
| 49 | ‘ We will have a better idea tomorrow as to whether he is out of danger but he is looking healthy . |
| 50 | Great Britain have never won the World Cup but after this summer 's titanic struggle for the Ashes and blessed with home advantage , Mal Reilly 's men will never have a better chance to take the trophy . |
| 51 | Cars would slow down so that their drivers could have a better look . |
| 52 | The locals , in theory , should have a better time of it , the grapevine telling them where the ice is best . |
| 53 | You will also have a better recall of what has been said . |
| 54 | They are practices which ensure that those who have the advantage of a network of friends and relations in secure employment will have a better chance of obtaining jobs than those who have a network of friends and relations who have suffered long-term unemployment . |
| 55 | We may assume , however , that he will have a better understanding of the purpose of the author in constructing the text in the way it is constructed if he knows that it is written in the late nineteenth century ( which will account for some differences in code , in Hymes ' terms ) in Victorian England ( which will account for the reference to a Reformatory ) and that the author is constructing the first English detective story , narrating the events from the point of view of four different participants , whose characters are in part revealed by the narrative style which the author assigns to them . |
| 56 | I felt they might have a better chance of getting to the capital if they were folded into paper aeroplanes and launched out of the door . |
| 57 | If the ovaries are removed , ovaries stop working there is treatment there to prevent us having disease , why should n't we take it and why should n't we have a better life ? |
| 58 | We 're going to have to close , alas , because it 's been very interesting , and er er er a very diverse , ninety six people think animals should have a better deal , seventy seven think that the use of animals in research is justified at ti , from time to time , and well over seventy |
| 59 | She 'd never have a better opportunity . |
| 60 | I 'll have a better stomach for it then . ’ |