Example sentences of "[pers pn] more [prep] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seems to them more like a building site than a City office . |
| 2 | ‘ She treats me more like a father figure , ’ David said . |
| 3 | Three weeks into the job and Richard Jaross , Uniforum 's spanking new executive director , is talking about revitalising the place and giving it more of a customer focus . |
| 4 | Note that I added a minor 3rd ( C ) in this run to give it more of a country flavour ! |
| 5 | The only way I could have done real justice to the subject would have been to cut down on other chapters , and that would have made it more of a carp book than anything else . |
| 6 | The format was changed slightly , to make it more of a gala day . |
| 7 | Is it based on the positive pull of their policies , or is it more of a protest vote reflecting a generalised sense of disenchantment with the workings of the two-party politics ? |
| 8 | ‘ Its concentration on domestic mortgages makes it more like a building society than a bank and , although it has been making losses with the rest of them , it has just managed to climb back into profitability . ’ |