Example sentences of "[modal v] be more of a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manchester U v Nottm Forest Tomorrow 's television match is unlikely to produce another eight goals for the viewers , but it should be more of a contest as United strive to find a blend and a pattern against Brian Clough 's tightly organised team . |
| 2 | erm I find I 'm not sure that any of us can erm cope with what 's going on at the moment in the Gulf without having just ways of distracting ourselves , erm and I think that perhaps might be more of a problem for adults than it is for children , in the sense that erm most of us have access to more information than most children do erm and more information about what death means , and what suffering means , and what pain means , than erm most children who have been brought up in this country . |
| 3 | Over the long haul , my penis might be more of a curse than a blessing and it might fall short of the goals I set for it . |
| 4 | Life in Benedict 's might be more of a riot if we had an S.S.O. who lived up to his potential , but the effect on our work could be disastrous . |
| 5 | That 'll be more of a size for a I do n't know what . |
| 6 | A retired solicitor will not be treated as continuing to hold himself out as a partner merely because he has neglected to ensure that revised letterheads are used by the firm from the date of his retirement , but there could be more of a problem when he has been party to a lease of partnership property and steps have not been taken to replace him as one of its lessees/trustees. ( e ) Sureties Section 18 of the Partnership Act contains a special provision which applies , in the absence of contrary agreement , whenever there is a change in the membership of a firm : A continuing guaranty or cautionary obligation given either to a firm or to a third person in respect of the transactions of a firm is , in the absence of agreement to the contrary , revoked as to future transactions by any change in the constitution of the firm to which , or of the firm in respect of transactions of which , the guaranty or obligation was given . |
| 7 | It was not something he had considered much before now , but he could see that outstanding looks could be more of a curse than a blessing . |
| 8 | But I thought that 'd be more of a hindrance than a help |
| 9 | She had thought they 'd be more of a bottle . |
| 10 | Speculation that its soldiers would attack the town of Pailin on the Thai border has died down , as it became clear that to hold Pailin would be more of a liability than an asset . |
| 11 | But if they were about more on the streets it would be more of a deterrent . |
| 12 | Finding them the right length would be more of a problem . |
| 13 | Revenue would be more of a problem in the future . |
| 14 | To reiterate , a Soviet economy restructured to make best use of its own human and material assets would be more of a threat to the West than one which became exceptionally adept at acquiring the West 's secrets . |
| 15 | I mean it seems to me in those cases a secret ballot is highly desirable and coercion would be more of a danger than people voting er from the mo wrong moral motivation . |
| 16 | It is also obvious that , say , 12 × 80 binoculars will have a much greater light-grasp than the 12 × 40 pair which I used , though there will be more of a problem in hand-holding . |
| 17 | It could be , and indeed it is my belief , that the chemical industry of twenty years hence will be more of a service industry and less of a manufacturing industry . |
| 18 | There will still be required annual registration but this will be more of a check upon the existing state of the rolling register and will supply extra information that can be acted upon by the electoral returning officer . |
| 19 | This will be a meeting to discuss the provision of low cost housing in and it will be more of a committee meeting with representatives from the Parish Council , the PCC , Wyre Borough and one of the housing associations . |
| 20 | Shopping for more mundane items in Funchal can be more of a problem . |
| 21 | No no er erm well er there is Prunus that 's a plum I mean a cherry that grows up and various ones like that the only trouble is with these type of things they can be more of a nuisance than the trees that you do have now because those trees growing up those spindly ones as you put it erm some gardeners call them or whatever name they use I but the trouble is bits die in the centre of those and they tend to drop down and they can be in time more far more of a nuisance than the trees they 've got now which seems to me quite suitable . |