Example sentences of "[vb pp] for a better " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | NAM originated in the Bandung Conference of 1955 , where a large number of poor African and Asian countries called for a better economic deal from the rich countries of the world . |
| 3 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 6 | ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour . |
| 7 | Walker recorded a time of 8 mins 26.50 secs in Auckland two years ago , and after a highly successful , injury-free winter , had hoped for a better opening to his steeplechase season . |
| 8 | The Deaf Broadcasting Council ( DBC ) , a standing committee , which since 1980 has with considerable success campaigned for a better service for hearing-impaired people from the broadcasting media . |
| 9 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
| 10 | I could not have asked for a better introduction to the summer Alps ’ . |
| 11 | I could n't have asked for a better family ! |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But it is also uplifting to find a course charted for a better world that combines environmental protection , civil liberties and economic development as three sides of a single strategy , rather than bolted together in disjointed and contradictory declarations . |
| 14 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |