Example sentences of "[was/were] [det] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boredom and routine were less of a menace because Christopher was not a nine-to-fiver . |
| 2 | School uniforms , Sixties starlets and rockers have all been her inspiration , while the slogan T-shirts themselves were less of an invention than a Woodstock revival . |
| 3 | The security at the main gate must have been too tight to let them get established , but tucked away around the perimeter fence they were less of an eyesore and small nuisance . |
| 4 | We found indications that homophonic phrases were more of a problem than had previously been thought . |
| 5 | While their father accepted that they were both of an age where they wanted to fly the nest , their mother , who , it had to be said , doted on her son — who 'd been a constant source of worry to her — took a little longer . |
| 6 | Was that for a couple or single ? |
| 7 | ‘ My body was that of a man but deep down I had the heart of a woman . |
| 8 | A second and much more general form of patronage was that of a court or powerful household in which there was no intrinsic organization of artists as part of the general social organization but in which , often very extensively , individual artists were retained , often with titles which represent the true cases of ‘ official recognition ’ . |
| 9 | Eck 's reputation was that of a sophist or dialectician rather than a profound thinker but in his day he exercised tremendous influence . |
| 10 | And , there was some on a plate and my sister 's little lad went up and went to take one off this plate and then Valerie tu turned round , she said er , you ca n't have one of them , them are for the old folks . |
| 11 | But while South Africa cruised home with a day to spare to go 1-0 up in the four-match series , it was more of a struggle than they expected after India began the fourth day at 71-6 , just eight runs ahead . |
| 12 | As I recall it had all started about three months ago when Miss Court first joined the group of church helpers but she was more of a helper as we had never seen her at church before . |
| 13 | When he had begun she had been inclined to send him off or run away herself ; but his determination had kept her listening and she had watched him walk away with his plan — it was more of a plan than a proposal — well lodged in her mind and unexpectedly endearing . |
| 14 | Zach was the only one who showed any real talent and he was more of a performer than an actor . |
| 15 | It would be mental laziness to assume that each national minority was more of a unity than the ex-empire as a whole . |
| 16 | Some of the early church fathers used to argue that marriage was more of a sacrifice than celibacy . |
| 17 | BUT the Fab Four 's first record was more of a MISS than a hit . |
| 18 | Her first appearance on the operatic stage was more of a stumble than a début . |
| 19 | This first landing was more of a reconnaissance or in modem terms a commando raid in strength , this lasting for about twenty three days , landing in August and leaving mid September . |
| 20 | Although he was one of her most enthusiastic supporters , Mrs Thatcher often found he was more of a liability than an asset . |
| 21 | Not particularly good-looking but by God she was more of a man than any of them . |
| 22 | Judged on the attendance , the almost complete lack of sectarianism , the productive political discussion in the workshops , and the constructive criticism , the event was more of a success than we had ever dared hope for . |
| 23 | In the days when Eric Liddell ran , athletics — while no less competitive — was more of a hobby than a profession . |
| 24 | I was more of a hooligan than what they were used to , ’ Bailey snorts . |
| 25 | ‘ It was more of a bump than anything else . ’ |
| 26 | A great mystery is why Eliot , who was more of a relativist than Pound , should have been accepted by the academic establishment whereas Pound was not . |
| 27 | But Legacy was more of a stopgap than a serious WordStar product , a tester , you might say . |
| 28 | Work for older women was as badly paid , but for many it was more of a gain because they had not earned at all while their children were young . |
| 29 | Pop and I had never had much to do with a soldiers ' club-except for that brief time in Maymyo , which was more of a hospital than a club , but now we had to feed and house soldiers on leave , poor men who were tired and bored and away from their families . |
| 30 | It was more of a wish than a plan , so that when he observed that all the best places for landing were growing spears instead of whinbushes these days , with Norman helmets , would you believe it , on some of the hillsides , he made a smooth withdrawal without ever getting the axes out . |