Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a better " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he has little hesitation in declaring that his successor as chairman of Esso has done a better job than he was able to achieve . |
| 2 | It is entitled ’ Myth of the tax rebels ’ and it says : ’ Over the last decade the Government has done a better job of blowing local authorities to smithereens than Guy Fawkes . |
| 3 | Willi has done a better job with Georg than I ever did with Peter . |
| 4 | Ian has made a better recovery than we dared hope , but it is still important that we do not take his fitness for granted . |
| 5 | ‘ In recent years the investment-linked scheme has shown a better return — around 15 or 16 per cent over the past five years , ’ says Feek . |
| 6 | The analysis of intergenerational redistribution ( whether , for example , the generation now retired has had a better or worse deal over their lifetime than those currently in the labour force ) poses still more severe problems . |
| 7 | It seemed that Smith has got a better image than the present chancellor has n't he ? |
| 8 | BRITISH Rail has promised a better deal for Teesside travellers . |
| 9 | BRITISH Rail has promised a better deal for passengers with a new timetable shake-up to take effect from May . |
| 10 | The way ahead for paleontologists trying to build up a knowledge of evolution has been spurred on by the revolution in plate tectonics , which has provided a better understanding of the stratigraphic record and fossilized data . |
| 11 | As Winston Churchill once said , parliamentary democracy is a very bad system — but no one has found a better one . |
| 12 | There are earlier Berman recordings of nearly all the pieces in this latest recital ; in no instance is the interpretation all that different ( though he has found a better edition of Funérailles ) and in most it is rather less satisfying . |
| 13 | ‘ He has proved a better confidential secretary than to give revealing answers , despite his weakness for the opposite sex — however beautiful , ’ Ven replied . |
| 14 | The one with the fine stripes looked slightly flashier , but he 'd made a better ironing job of the plain one . |
| 15 | I also thought I 'd written a better poem because I 'd struggled with the voice , forced myself to hear it again in my mind and to reply to it . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , goodbye , ’ he finished conventionally ; ‘ I wish you 'd had a better day . ’ |
| 17 | Not even for Christine , whom she 'd found distant and uninterested , as if in her mind she 'd created a better place and preferred to wander there . |
| 18 | Perhaps I should have formed a better plan ; perhaps I should have made instead for the Villa Diodati , to see if I could secure any friends and allies there . |
| 19 | I could n't have arranged a better still life . |
| 20 | I could n't have arranged a better still life . |
| 21 | If it were not , you may be sure that I would have arranged a better climate for the Brits than the Lord has seen fit to give them . ’ |
| 22 | By that time , the RECs should have developed a better understanding of the market , and pricing policies to suit . |
| 23 | I do not blame the Opposition for not understanding the issues as fully as we might hope , but , given their new-found support and desire for everything European , I thought that they might have developed a better understanding . |
| 24 | But if he lied , saying that he came to Parfois with no felonious intent , and attacked only when he was surprised and frightened , Isambard would have won a better victory . |
| 25 | He could n't have picked a better place : laid to rest in Père Lachaise alongside such genuine nineteenth-century bohos as Gérard de Nerval , who took his pet lobster for walks in the Palais Royal and eventually hanged himself with a piece of string he insisted was the Queen of Sheba 's garter . |
| 26 | QUEEN OF SHANNON had tears and not champagne flowing by winning at Salisbury yesterday — but she could not have picked a better moment . |
| 27 | If he were going to humiliate her , he could not have picked a better opportunity . |
| 28 | He started up twenty years ago , he could not have picked a better time . |
| 29 | Fourth Division TOWCESTRIANS with an outstanding 1991/92 season in which they won the East Midlands Colts Cup and won 28 of 30 matches , are planning an even more successful campaign , but few clubs could have enjoyed a better pre-season build up than COLCHESTER . |
| 30 | She always said she could have done a better job running the place than the Director or his boss , Controller Establishment Research and Nuclear . |