Example sentences of "made a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Austin Rover 's Leyland forebears had made a better job of the Stag in the first place , values would probably have risen before . |
| 2 | This 40 Minutes Special ( BBC 2 ) was produced by Agnieszka Piotrowska , who never makes a bad programme and has n't made a better one than this . |
| 3 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
| 4 | If Tim had been Czar of Russia he 'd have made a better job of it than the nincompoops that were . |
| 5 | When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start . |
| 6 | Often these garments were too big and it was quite common to see a jersey being made a better fit with the aid of a large safety pin . |
| 7 | Tim could not have made a better choice . ’ |
| 8 | Villa boss Ron Atkinson said : ‘ In the first half , we might have made a better game of it if we had turned up . |
| 9 | On a good pitch and with a fast outfield , Indian should have made a better fist of their innings , but only Srikkanth ( who fell to an outstanding catch by Peter Taylor at mid-off ) passed 20 as Australia 's allrounders ran through the order . |
| 10 | Ian has made a better recovery than we dared hope , but it is still important that we do not take his fitness for granted . |
| 11 | For many there was a conviction that the post-war world must be made a better place , a view that recurred regularly over the next twenty years . |
| 12 | She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher . |
| 13 | The one with the fine stripes looked slightly flashier , but he 'd made a better ironing job of the plain one . |
| 14 | Sometimes , it wondered whether dinosaurs would n't have made a better job of civilisation . |
| 15 | Nenna felt that she could have made a better hand at answering Louise if only Edward had taken the trouble to return her purse . |
| 16 | Did you ever feel after having your own children that er you would have made a better midwife erm this experience than when you were single ? |
| 17 | Er I think I should certainly have made a better nurse , yes , yes I think I should . |
| 18 | I 'd have thought you 'd have made a better job of it . ’ |
| 19 | She knew that he did n't much care for André , but he could at least have made a better attempt at disguising it . |
| 20 | As confirmation of the significance Harry had detected in Heather 's photographs , Mossop 's retraced route of three months before could not have made a better start . |
| 21 | ‘ Mary , dear , one night when I have made a better meal than I did tonight , I plan to go a little berserk , too , in order to have your solace . ’ |
| 22 | Given firm instructions the dismissed minister would probably have made a better reformer than his successor , S. S. Lanskoi , who in August 1855 " proclaimed the rights of the nobility to be inviolable " . |
| 23 | Holmes says : ‘ Steve could not have made a better start to his outdoor season and it opens up all sorts of possibilities . |
| 24 | She could n't have made a better selection than Keep Talking , a progressive horse both in terms of form and distance . |
| 25 | If cycling is to be made a safer and more attractive mode of transport , it is , as Hudson 's classic book has advocated , essential that planning principles are established and followed . |
| 26 | Darlington could hardly have made a worse start , goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe and his fellow defenders standing frozen to the spot as Preece smartly turned and shot into the top left corner in the ninth minute . |
| 27 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 28 | It 's no longer merely a handful of advocates who wonder why someone with such high-calibre material has n't made a bigger dent in the global public 's consciousness . |
| 29 | The pity of it was that she had n't made a bigger part for herself in the night 's scenario ; she was getting polite nods and hellos from people that she already knew slightly , and curious glances from most of the others . |
| 30 | Indeed , it could be argued that the collective influence of the processes discussed in this chapter have made a greater impact on the cities and those living within them than has inner-city policy . |