Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glass is an amorphous substance which has properties of a solid and the structure of a liquid . |
| 2 | I suppose this is more of a forewarning than a request for permission , as I was going to send them this week anyway . |
| 3 | In the last interview he gave to a French journalist before the war began , Ho , in envisaging the way in which ‘ at all costs war must be averted ’ , seemed to accept independence within the French Union ; although unless this was based on a total misunderstanding of the nature of the French Union , which also seems unlikely , this was probably more of a smoke-screen than a smoke-signal . |
| 4 | More of a revolutionary than a reformer . ’ |
| 5 | Although still some months short of his fifteenth birthday , Richard had already discovered from experience that there is a critical relationship between the piquancy of a secret and the number of people who can keep it . |
| 6 | As this meeting is in camera it is allowable at this stage to point out that certain elements in this family , being of — er — immigrant origin , ah , have a totally different conception of the role of a daughter in a family and of parental rights , and while doing all they could to respect the traditions of minority ethnic groups , and in particular the rather dominant role of the father in such societies , in the last resort it was with the protection of a minor that the Council was concerned according to the law of this country . |
| 7 | Indeed , among these villains of the wheel , the woman cyclist was possibly even more of a portent than the cyclist juror . |
| 8 | Finn , in turn , often appeared in the guise of a hind or a hunting dog , and his children took the form of fauns ( see FAUNUS ) when wishing to escape danger . |
| 9 | Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Schools is more of a lap-dog than a rottweiler . |
| 10 | There is a real risk of mice , especially young animals , drowning or dying from the effects of a soaking if a bottle or nozzle of an automatic system leaks . |
| 11 | It is more of a cabal than a cabinet , more of a permanent diplomatic conference than a senate . |
| 12 | ‘ When you have the killing of a Marine and the beating of the navy man , some response was certainly called for , ’ said Mr Edwin Smith , a University of Southern California law professor . |
| 13 | As a simple illustration of these remarks we note that the Babylonians posed many problems [ 71 , p. 34 ] of the form : " Find the side of a square if the area less the side is 870 . " |
| 14 | Mm my feet are sweating now , but , she seems to have a bug in there or summat , cos it 's more like a burning than a sweat , it |
| 15 | It was some player indeed who could unleash a power-drive with a ball that was more like a cannon-ball than a football ! |
| 16 | Betty thought he looked more like a gipsy than a minister — ; a good gypsy . |
| 17 | Edward felt like a colonial or a schoolboy , and it irked . |
| 18 | I told him last week that he looked more like a German than a Frenchman and he became very cross . ’ |
| 19 | Rose blooms take a variety of different forms , best summarized as ( a ) single , with a single circlet of five petals , ( b ) double , with anything from 10 to 30 petals , ( c ) semi-double , with up to 15 petals but opening more like a single than a double , and ( d ) the old favourite quartered rose , with its many petals curled into four ‘ quarters ’ . |
| 20 | Here is the source of the cunning factor and Kent are unashamed — indeed almost gleeful — in their avowed intention to take full advantage of the Lord 's dispensation that , in order to encourage slow bowling , the same pitch may be used for a one-day and a championship match . |
| 21 | None of the organisations we contacted had large ranges to choose from but they might be able to help you out with information charts and publicity posters for a small or no charge . |
| 22 | It provided for a minimum but no maximum . |
| 23 | For many , the whole idea of using Marxist concepts of analysis is out of the question for a Christian and the spectre of communism has been one of the most divisive aspects . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's always nice to get on the scoresheet , but I really do see myself more as a goal-maker than a goalscorer . |
| 25 | Even so , a sense of vocation is noticeable among most field officers , even many of the older ones : pollution control is still conceived of and practised more as a calling than a job . |
| 26 | I am going to offer , more as a case-study than a prescription , my own thoughts about what education ought to be , and what kind of ‘ schooling ’ would be an appropriate channel for its delivery . |
| 27 | He was thin , dark and sallow , with prominent brown eyes , and he could have passed anywhere as a Lebanese or a Palestinian . |
| 28 | It was seen as a one-off but the rest of the band recognised Solowka 's zeal . |
| 29 | It may seem initially that differentiation between a central and a fissure eruption is the simplest thing in the world but , unfortunately , it 's not . |
| 30 | ‘ And microphone placement is very important , ’ Bryan interjects , ‘ because if you take a speaker , the difference between the centre of the cone and the outside can vary the sound so drastically that an inch can make the difference between a good and a shit guitar sound . |