Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [det] of 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 is true that 1759 could represent the beginning of a copying effort that extended over several years , but the appearance neat , professional and all of a piece does not support such a hypothesis . |
| 3 | it was a terrible and all of a sudden this man said , I 'll be jiggered ! |
| 4 | I do n't have to stand here baring my soul in order to make you feel better and less of a victim ! |
| 5 | ‘ I sometimes play half of a match good and half of a match bad , or not so good , and I have a feeling it gives opponents the chance to come back , ’ he said . |
| 6 | This is the time of year when the end of last season 's growth slides imperceptibly into the beginning of the next 's , with more or less of a halt depending on the weather . |
| 7 | They thought it normal for Daddy to get them up and dress and breakfast them , before he went down to morning surgery , and for Lucy once she was up to spend ages talking excitedly and gesticulating on the telephone , before consigning them ( with a kiss on the head ) to Nissy while she disappeared to the study to practise , and the house was filled with the cello 's dismal squeaks and groans , which always recovered eventually , into more or less of a tune . |
| 8 | It is not too easy to find , but lies in more or less of a line with Beta and 21(4.5) . |
| 9 | If the iceberg is too big , you might find yourself trapped underneath a moving mountain , bumped and towed along with less and less of a choice of where to go . |
| 10 | As more and more survive and are kept alive beyond the utmost limit of working life , the economic or social function of the individual provides less and less of a motive or framework for his survival ; and when we ask Why ? we find ourselves thrown back upon purpose in a sense which is neither economic nor social nor even secular . |
| 11 | It can also happen due to build-up of tolerance , when you need more and more of a drug to get the same effect . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But with the spiralling expense of Christmas , crackers are coming to be regarded as more and more of a luxury . |
| 14 | It is not known whether addictive disease is one disease that has different drugs or behaviours of choice according to each individual sufferer or group of sufferers or whether these groups correspond to one or another of a range of addictive diseases . |
| 15 | By way of abbreviation , one or another of a set of possible circumstances was necessary to e , and e necessitated the occurrence of one or another of the set . |
| 16 | It may involve one or more of a range of assessment activities from informal observation to oral , practical , or written procedures . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As a result , investigators are finding situations where the methane could come from one or more of a number of sources . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | You know you 're in a position where everything 's hunkydory and all of a sudden you 're in a a bank of fog . |
| 23 | Touch wood , that attitude has continued now that I 'm being more positive and less of a wimp . |
| 24 | I know that when I 'm playing live , to go from the bass to the guitar is tough ; to go from one song to the next and all of a sudden you put a guitar neck in your hand … your hand feels so big ! |
| 25 | To go from the bass to the guitar is tough ; to go from one song to the next and all of a sudden you put a guitar neck in your hand … your hand feels so big ! |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |