Example sentences of "[verb] be more of a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The New Right emphasis on adversary politics and an overload of demands has been more of a critique of democracy in Britain than it has ever been a rigorous description of , and explanation for , British politics . |
| 2 | It has never been able to serve as a unifying force and if anything has been more of a divider . |
| 3 | It would be unthinkable for you to consider David here , who has been more of a son than you ever deserved … the stepson who stayed by your side when your own son deserted you ; and who even forgave you when his beloved mother died because of your neglect . ’ |
| 4 | This was the beginning of her determination to learn sign language , which has been more of a boost to the deaf community over the years than any other gesture . |
| 5 | It has been more of a blessing than a curse . |
| 6 | When the boy had first come to the house he 'd been more of a child and had naturally been treated as a child . |
| 7 | If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that . |
| 8 | The match could n't have been more of a thriller if it had been written in Hollywood . |
| 9 | The previous evening , I could not have completed the last fifty yards without his help , but now if he had climbed on my back he could not have been more of a hindrance . |
| 10 | What a shame it could n't have been more of a humdinger . |
| 11 | ( In France there would have been more of a flourish : ‘ Monsieur le Facteur ’ . ) |
| 12 | Griffin , however , seems to have been more of a rogue than his dad ever was . |
| 13 | This had been more of a thump . |
| 14 | Liu Shaoqi , for example , had been more of a moderniser like Deng , suggesting that too much emphasis on leftist policies harmed China 's future . |
| 15 | It had been more of a shock than she could have anticipated . |
| 16 | She stood back , still holding his hands and saw tears appear in the eyes of the old man who had been more of a Father to her than her own Father . |
| 17 | In recent years the Employment Department and the Department of Trade and Industry have been responsible for appropriate interventions but they have been more of a fire fighting nature than a sustained development of policy and role — which in any case , has not been the way government departments have tended to behave since they are organised to implement government policy in the immediate rather than long term . |
| 18 | I er , I suppose he 's been more of a stage |