Example sentences of "not have chosen a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had scarcely known Maggie , could not have known that he could not have chosen a better treat than this mysterious park , with its vast statues carved out of the living rock : the huge-mouthed cave with its mighty teeth , the vast stone giant , his shoulders visible through bushes a hundred yards away , half hidden in greenery ; and above all , the great carved stone dragon with its broken wings , and wild Chinese eyes . |
| 2 | Mr Robin Cook , shadow Health Secretary , said : ‘ We could not have chosen a better issue to put centre stage for the first televised session of Parliament . ’ |
| 3 | Keld is a Norse word meaning ‘ a spring ’ and the first settlers here could not have chosen a more appropriate name for there is always the sound of water ; the little cluster of stone buildings occupies a headland thrust into the turbulent cataracts of the Swale , in infancy Yorkshire 's most exuberant river . |
| 4 | In retrospect , I know now that I could not have chosen a more co-operative species than the chub with which to begin a vocation in big-fish angling . |
| 5 | Paul Manville had to be given his due — he could not have chosen a more apt record to convey his message . |
| 6 | GRAEME HICK finally lived up to his tag as England 's saviour yesterday — and the one-time ‘ Boy Wonder ’ could not have chosen a better moment to put his wretched Test record behind him . |
| 7 | We had a beautiful Spring holiday on the Beauly Firth , and could not have chosen a better time to be there , with all the different kinds of foliage on the hillsides , and the spring flowers on the banks . |