Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] more [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But in its way it is more exciting and more of a challenge than the current enthusiasm for plate tectonics and sea-floor spreading . |
2 | It can also happen due to build-up of tolerance , when you need more and more of a drug to get the same effect . |
3 | At a time when Slow Play is beginning to become more and more of a scourge , it is also worth noting that the golfers needed just two hours and 45 minutes to go round , which included a break for as glass or two of Bollinger at the turn . |
4 | But with the spiralling expense of Christmas , crackers are coming to be regarded as more and more of a luxury . |
5 | It may involve one or more of a range of assessment activities from informal observation to oral , practical , or written procedures . |
6 | The analysis of labour markets is complicated further by the fact that they can be defined by reference to one or more of a number of characteristics . |
7 | As a result , investigators are finding situations where the methane could come from one or more of a number of sources . |
8 | It would be natural to assume that this attempt to create a rift between Offa and the papacy occurred before the visit of the legates in 786 and that the visit was part of a process of reconciliation , but this is not wholly justified for Hadrian 's letter could date to the late rather than the mid-780s , and reflect hostility to one or more of a number of Offa 's actions . |
9 | The term is now used more commonly in a broad sense in which it connotes a looser grouping of individuals , each exercising power and united by one or more of a number of features such as wealth , social origins or pre-eminence in achievement in a particular field . |
10 | THE seller who makes a false statement in connection with the supply of goods can find himself liable in one or more of a number of ways . |
11 | But it has made us more productive and more of a team — we all have to co-operate and pull together just to keep our heads above water . ’ |