Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] a better " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his first term , Reagan and his staff eventually developed a better appreciation of the merits and responsibilities of legislators and came to realize that the making of policy required the executive branch to ‘ bargain with , cajole and otherwise court the legislative branch ’ . |
| 2 | Further , the retardation of maturity not only preserved a better brain/ body-weight ratio but also extended the period of educability and cognitive development which characterizes primate childhoods . |
| 3 | His clubmate , Craig Chalmers , has maybe not played a better all-round international since New Zealand in 1990 . |
| 4 | NO HORSE was ever given a better or more fitting name than Nijinsky and few have paid their namesake more graceful compliments . |
| 5 | ‘ Here we are , ’ gushed the presenter of Gardeners ' World , ‘ we 're in my very favourite corner of the estate now , with its magnificent , sweeping views down to the river.just look at this superb example of Metasequoiaglyptostroboides , or Dawn Redwood to give it its more familiar name , I do n't think I 've ever seen a better specimen anywhere . |
| 6 | No matter how you feed your horse , somebody else ( usually a self confessed expert with little or no qualifications ) has always got a better way . |
| 7 | Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash . |
| 8 | I think has probably got a better coverage on groups . |
| 9 | Well you 've probably got I 've probably got a better deal there . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ He has n't got a better nature , ’ I said despondently . |
| 12 | So we have n't got a better mouse driver . |
| 13 | If you ca n't , you ca n't so easily if you have n't got a better car . |
| 14 | To re-phrase Churchill on our democracy , the market economy is a very bad system — yes : Guinness , Maxwell , BCCI , Blue Arrow underline its frailties — but no one has yet found a better one . |
| 15 | A colleague made cheerful conversation with Jan while another of the team hurriedly arranged a better room . |
| 16 | The citizens of Kettering had never seen a better ring , In fact no better pair of 'em " Take care of " me ! " they cried . |
| 17 | Paige could only admit that she had never seen a better male specimen . |
| 18 | Did er , Tom like the I 've never seen a better one th have you ? |
| 19 | The club have never had a better side . |
| 20 | I 've never had a better incentive to hurry home . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've never had a better client , ’ she said then . |
| 22 | and he 's never had a better job than what he had at Widnes , I 'll tell you ! |
| 23 | I 've also got an early '60s L-series Strat and I 've never played a better Strat than that one , but I do n't use it live in case I lose it . |
| 24 | But he 's never found a better subject , than Alice 's underground adventures . |
| 25 | Alice In Chains are here , and SEattle 's never seemed a better place to live . |
| 26 | Alice In Chains are here , and SEattle 's never seemed a better place to live . |
| 27 | but the actual extract as , as Cath said to me the other day , you know she felt sure and I said to her you know in a full length film they could 've actually chosen a better moment |