Example sentences of "good [conj] to have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Crossman tended to presume that all those he came across , at work or socially , liked nothing better than to have their intellectual sacred cows challenged , their arguments questioned and their assumptions subjected to loud investigation . ’ |
| 2 | A man who is working for Britain and doing it brilliantly , deserves better than to have his income support allowance stopped . |
| 3 | He suspected she could have wished for nothing better than to have him confined to bed and reliant on her care . |
| 4 | A lot of labour yes but that was far far better than to have to turn them by hand you know . |
| 5 | The timing of this rejection was unfortunate for Franco , for nothing would have suited him better than to have been able to announce Spanish membership of the international winners ' club on the morning of the ninth anniversary of the 18 July rising . |