Example sentences of "have be more [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Given a pitch more worn than an umpire 's eardrum , ’ he wrote ( if that is the word ) , ‘ 99 was not a straightforward target , and when the temperature was threatening to melt the mercury in the thermometer , Graham Gooch could scarcely have been more grateful for having buried the hatchet with Hampshire 's intrepid aviator . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Would it not have been more usual for your daughter to have stayed with her mother ? ’ |
| 3 | This kind of accommodation would have been more suitable for the servants than for the owner and his family . |
| 4 | Would it have been more honourable for Prothero to let Pound go on submitting , when there was no hope of his being accepted ? |
| 5 | As it turned out it had landed in a position that could n't have been more perfect for what was to happen next . |
| 6 | Nothing could have been more perfect for someone who had to work , but desperately wanted to enjoy the sunshine and activities of summer . |
| 7 | She may have been more assertive for a while as she found her feet , but she is remembered mainly for the way she consulted staff and her obvious concern to do the best in every situation . |
| 8 | Many of the linguistic elements are borrowed from Tolkien and — which must have been more exasperating for their originator — changed and got ‘ wrong ’ . |
| 9 | He registered that George Wood 's information had been correct , paid his bill and — to the relief of the landlord — went on his way over the pass and not back to Keswick , which would have been more likely for a government man . |
| 10 | Had a more diverse stock existed it would have been more likely for a less familiar tale to have been selected . |
| 11 | As a consequence , feudal contracts in the full sense of the term must have been more important for supplying castle-guard than for campaigning ( though it would be pushing the argument too far to deny them any significance in the field ) . |
| 12 | I am not decrying Sara in any way when I say it might have been more sensible for us to choose the leader . ’ |