Example sentences of "[adv] more of a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was perhaps more of a confederal scheme than a federal one . |
| 2 | Stewart became still more of a national hero when he represented Australia at rowing in the Melbourne Olympics . |
| 3 | However , in the early 1980s , anti-Communism per se is probably more of a nagging difficulty than a significant obstacle to trade , at least at governmental level . |
| 4 | For primary schools the review is also more of a whole-school effort , is more thorough and more useful in terms of producing proposals for change than middle schools and secondary schools ( the least ) . |
| 5 | Everyone who deals in chemical purchasing knows that in many cases , one is forced by prepackaging and stringent sales requirements to purchase substantially more of a given compound than is required . |
| 6 | This does n't mean you can have chips for dinner one day and a salad the next , but you should see it as more of a healthy eating approach — starting now ! |
| 7 | This coming together at Dan Qeqe stadium was far more of a genuine gesture towards bridge building than most of the internal initiatives according to Malcolm Klaasen , the ex-SARU convenor of the Eastern Cape Veterans Association , and an outspoken critic of the lack of change wrought by the unification process . |
| 8 | It seemed to her a wonderful invention , making far more of a single egg than any British concoction , easily digestible , tasting rich , sweet and thoroughly sustaining . |
| 9 | Whereas a progressive tax takes proportionately more of a rich person 's income , a regressive tax takes proportionately more of a poor person 's income . |
| 10 | Whereas a progressive tax takes proportionately more of a rich person 's income , a regressive tax takes proportionately more of a poor person 's income . |
| 11 | The original version ( ZTT ) was even more of a churning kaleidoscope of sonic fragments . |
| 12 | He was even more of a Catholic fanatic than Charles had been , and under his rule , the persecutions against the Nonconformists were continued with greater vigour than ever . |
| 13 | Even more of a no-go area , I 'm afraid . |
| 14 | Even more of a no-go area , I 'm afraid . |
| 15 | The term " plenipotentiary " , which by the later seventeenth century was also being widely used in diplomatic titles , mainly in the form " minister plenipotentiary " , was even more of a verbal decoration . |
| 16 | This made me even more of a social outcast since most of the other girls already regarded my disability , my lack of money , my accent and the council estate on which I lived as reasons to ignore me . |
| 17 | The Rottweiler is almost more of a Swiss-type dog than a German one . |
| 18 | But , apparently , its availability in Eastern Europe during the late-Eighties helped hasten the collapse of Communism — which is certainly more of a revolutionary achievement than either of the other two music forms managed . |