Example sentences of "[vb infin] 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 | If we 'd been looking for an easy acquaintance with nature , we would have chosen a different landscape : something lusher and more intricate , not this bleak and famished hillside on the Atlantic 's edge . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Also by competing it risks cannibalising its own best profit sources : IBM selling an AS/400 mini is a triumph if the buyer would otherwise have chosen a DEC VAX , but a financial disaster for IBM if it replaces an IBM mainframe . |
| 5 | And the victim could have chosen a better place to voice throaty communist sentiments . |
| 6 | This would have appointed a new executive committee which , in turn , would have chosen a new chairman . |
| 7 | From her family 's point of view she could scarcely have chosen a more unsuitable lover . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And no doubt other authors would have chosen a different balance of topics — more invertebrates and light vertebrates perhaps . |
| 11 | Sensible parents would have chosen a hill station near us , rented a house , and sent us every year to the same school . |
| 12 | ‘ But I could n't have chosen a better house than this flat . ’ |
| 13 | She hates being photographed and wonders if she should ever have chosen a career in television . |
| 14 | Paul Manville had to be given his due — he could not have chosen a more apt record to convey his message . |
| 15 | WIMBLEDON 'S Vinnie Jones could n't have chosen a less appropriate place than Old Trafford to expound on his vision of Premier League football as a glorified hangover cure . |
| 16 | It was n't like visualizing a holiday — even a place one has n't been before ; after all , there are certain immutables : land , sea , sky and clouds ( not too many of these , please ) ; and even should one have chosen a more unusual location , such as the Arctic or the Gobi Desert , there are photographs . |
| 17 | The kidnappers could n't have chosen a better day . |
| 18 | He had made a few calls , but could n't have chosen a worse time to be setting up a casual liaison . |
| 19 | It still seemed quite amazing the old traders should have chosen a route as totally inhospitable as this to make their crossing of the Himalayan barrier . |
| 20 | A second recognised that she may actually have chosen a philandering partner because she 's frightened of lifetime exclusivity herself . |
| 21 | In the event , there was little snow and I could probably have chosen a lighter fabric-and-leather boot with a Goretex or Sympatex lining . |
| 22 | If Rune had set out deliberately to enrage her he could n't have chosen a better way . |
| 23 | And I could n't have chosen a better three weeks to absent myself . |
| 24 | SINEAD Donaghy could n't have chosen a better time to score her first goal of the season . |
| 25 | They were ripe for change , and , as it happened , I could n't have chosen a better subject with which to widen the scope of the Church 's activities . |
| 26 | She could have chosen a quite unsuitable family for you , and the social workers would have taken you away . |
| 27 | And they could n't have chosen a better day ; brilliant blue skies and fierce winds . |
| 28 | He could hardly have chosen a more exciting match than Sunday 's in which to run the rule over Yorkshire , but Robinson admits he 's a bad watcher of cricket . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's not terribly easy to go away with that sort of thing ringing in your ears , but for all that I could n't have chosen a more marvellous or rewarding life . ’ |
| 30 | Had any ancestor of mine been minded to donate works of art to a national institution , he would have chosen a museum or art gallery and assuredly not a university . |