Example sentences of "more a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're supposed to bring a strange kind of ecstatic death by drowning — although it is n't really described as a death at all , more a passage from one world to another . |
| 2 | But I think it is more a question of psychology . |
| 3 | For many people the problem of how to become fitter and healthier is more a question of method than intention . |
| 4 | It is much more a question of knowledge and awareness of which foods to eat and which to avoid than it is of following blindly someone else 's strict regime . |
| 5 | But when you are involved with the dying , as I have had to learn to be , so often it is more a question of practising the presence of God . |
| 6 | It 's more a question of getting on someone 's case . |
| 7 | Harriet knew , of course , that she would never cease to care for Liza , but from then on it was much more a question of duty rather than any labour of love . |
| 8 | It was more a question of belonging to God 's kingdom by responding to him in faith and accepting his ‘ rule ’ over one 's life . |
| 9 | The choice of that training is often more a question of guidance than of selection . |
| 10 | He also knew ‘ allowed ’ was not exactly the word but that it was more a question of not bothering . |
| 11 | It is important to notice that the distinction between these two kinds of language ( the artificially constructed and the communicating ) is often more a question of the way we use or think about a particular stretch of language , than the way it is in itself . |
| 12 | For them , it is more a question of getting on with the job . |
| 13 | So erm you know that 's th what I 'm really talking about is more a question of the process of erm career choice , than it is saying what you should do . |
| 14 | But perhaps it 's more a question of what I can do for you ? ’ |
| 15 | Nowadays , it is more a question of fitting in adequate storage as well as a good size sofa bed , than trying to disguise a bedstead . |
| 16 | With the Government , it is more a question of the late delivery of policies . |
| 17 | I think that is more a question of distribution within districts than overall district levels . |
| 18 | Frank did not look to fat — i guess it 's more a question of some people — looking fat — even though they are n't . |
| 19 | Well , it is more a question of what went right . |
| 20 | he says he does n't go out so often but it 's more a question of qality and not quantity … its tough to stay on top but he goes out to Florida most years to train and learn the new techniques |
| 21 | It 's more a question of nothing 's gone right , than what 's gone wrong for the Cherry and Whites . |
| 22 | It is more a question of terminology than anything else . |
| 23 | but the second way in which section fourteen arises is this slightly more oblique way , erm , it 's , it 's not really the question of competition law it 's more a question of administrative law or constitutional law , erm whether it arises on the question er , your Lordship will have to decide , but , if , if it does then we believe that our case is extremely strong , because what one is saying here is , is section fourteen a block to an article eighty five action , erm does it make it either virtually impossible or something lesser excessively difficult , er and we say er that that 's one aspect and two can we show it 's discriminatory , well we say first of all it is discriminatory because even on analysis of the bad faith argument they are putting in a claimant with an article eighty five case to an extraordinary length in order to make good his case , he first of all has to super declaration presumably that he is entitled to damages , but he ca n't get damages all he 's entitled to is the declaration if then do n't satisfy that claim by paying up and their not going to be ordered by the court to pay up because that 's a claim for damages and you ca n't have that then you have to sue them again on the basis of breach of bad faith , er no other provision in English law would go to that effect and that of course even , even that assumes whether rightly or wrongly and we say possibly wrongly that er , er the failure to comply with the judgment of the declaration would be bad faith within the meaning of the act , but even assuming it 's right it puts a plaintiff suing for breach of article eighty five in the worst position possible |
| 24 | RENFE , like BR , had , in the words of a Spanish government official , ‘ not been at all concerned with capturing customers and markets , it was more a question of waiting for people to come and request its service ’ ( fieldnotes ) . |
| 25 | The more a person 's mind is kept active , the more they will enjoy their life into and in old age . |
| 26 | We suggest that the more a person is in love and the less they are able to define what it is in the other that they love , the less free is the conscious choice and the more it relates to the ‘ me in you ’ and the search for psychological wholeness through another . |
| 27 | The more a person is integrated into a close-knit social network , the more time they spend speaking to the same group of people and the less they spend in contact with others who might change their speech . |
| 28 | The same survey found that the more a person smokes the less faith that person has in believing that he or she can stop . |
| 29 | It made her more a person and less a policewoman . |
| 30 | Why did she feel so much more a person when she was not being virtuous ? |