Example sentences of "more [conj] [det] of a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the time of year when the end of last season 's growth slides imperceptibly into the beginning of the next 's , with more or less of a halt depending on the weather . |
| 2 | They thought it normal for Daddy to get them up and dress and breakfast them , before he went down to morning surgery , and for Lucy once she was up to spend ages talking excitedly and gesticulating on the telephone , before consigning them ( with a kiss on the head ) to Nissy while she disappeared to the study to practise , and the house was filled with the cello 's dismal squeaks and groans , which always recovered eventually , into more or less of a tune . |
| 3 | It is not too easy to find , but lies in more or less of a line with Beta and 21(4.5) . |
| 4 | It is a category , as we have seen , which encompasses a range of disabilities from Down 's syndrome ( whose victims may even learn to read or write ) to microcephaly ( where the manifestations of life are no more than those of a vegetable ) and these differences are usually of account . |
| 5 | He was in good shape and in good heart , and although it was known that he did not run up to his best at Cheltenham , the conditions would suit him much more than those of a year ago and few opposed him . |
| 6 | It can also happen due to build-up of tolerance , when you need more and more of a drug to get the same effect . |
| 7 | At a time when Slow Play is beginning to become more and more of a scourge , it is also worth noting that the golfers needed just two hours and 45 minutes to go round , which included a break for as glass or two of Bollinger at the turn . |
| 8 | But with the spiralling expense of Christmas , crackers are coming to be regarded as more and more of a luxury . |