Example sentences of "more [subord] a touch " in BNC.

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1 Within two years he had so firmly established himself that he was able to bring to Canada his wife and young son , Lyon , where they settled happily , first at Maberly , Ontario , then in Montreal , a home with more than a touch of aristocratic manners and style .
2 Certainly he came under such guidance from within his family which clashed with his own predilections , for his varsity life seems to have been plagued by vocational uncertainty and more than a touch of its weakening indifference .
3 ‘ I ca n't tell you here , ’ Bodo muttered , with more than a touch of impatience .
4 No doubt you 're very switched on , when it comes to good productivity but in case , like me , you are more than a touch muddy , here are some helpful hints .
5 ‘ My bag ! ’ she said out loud and then , more softly but with more than a touch of anguish , ‘ Oh no , the letter ! ’
6 Hair is shiny and sophisticated with more than a touch of class !
7 Certainly the Springbok squad for their tour of France and England has more than a touch of the curate 's egg about it .
8 There is more than a touch of rags to riches in the story of the outsize barons .
9 Then too , Sun has more than a touch of the ‘ not invented here ’ syndrome .
10 Ebullient in character , a Nobel laureate retaining more than a touch of the New York kid , Feynman is keenly interested in teaching physics as well as creating it .
11 ‘ That 's one thing they taught you in the army , ’ said the Colonel , with more than a touch of complacency .
12 ‘ You might enjoy that kind of thing , ’ he said with more than a touch of irritation , ‘ but I have other matters to see to , more important than shifting a few papers about . ’
13 Trying to look as dignified as she could , under the circumstances , she looked him straight in the eyes , with more than a touch of defiance .
14 ‘ Certain , ’ she returned , with more than a touch of bravado .
15 There is more than a touch of racism in your assumption . ’
16 Leith supposed she must still be feeling shaken at being grabbed at by Alec Ardis , and more than a touch bruised by her dismissal , and the unfairness of it .
17 With more than a touch of relief , she thought he was about to go .
18 Rory grimaced , remembering with more than a touch of bitterness Candy 's original theory that Adam had tried to spoil her pleasure in singing because on stage she was public property , and he wanted her for himself .
19 Given the massive contribution made daily by dedicated staff at the DMH it seems more than a touch insensitive to expect them to dip into their own pockets for the place as well .
20 Incidentally , though Walker is held to be still more than a touch rusty after so long away from rugby — inclined , for instance , to carry the ball under the wrong arm — the rapidity with which he has come into cap contention ought to be food for thought for our own Jamie Henderson .
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