Example sentences of "[prep] be more [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hungry and cold would have to wait until I could go back to the cafe , dirty was obviously going to be more of a problem . |
| 2 | Mr Lawson received a standing ovation for his low-key conference speech , but that appeared to be more of a defensive rank-and-file reaction to widespread media reports of party dissent than enthusiasm for the unflinching substance of the message . |
| 3 | While the match is only another World Cup warm-up , it is likely to be more of a searching test of England 's potential than last month 's goalless draw with Italy . |
| 4 | Mr Kaifu has turned out to be more of a winner than a cipher . |
| 5 | In the 1930s the prizes tended to be more of a purely religious nature — the Methodist Hymn Book and Sunday School Hymn Book , the New Testament and the Bible . |
| 6 | It also seems to be more of a woman 's forte to keep in touch with what is happening in the future . |
| 7 | She seemed to be more of a good-time girl than anything else . |
| 8 | ERIC CANTONA 'S marriage with Leeds turned out to be more of a passing fling . |
| 9 | Non-response is liable to be more of a problem in the larger-sample surveys , particularly those using postal questionnaire methods . |
| 10 | Now he ( the Secretary ) may have considered it to be more of a ‘ bone headed ’ idea , but I would n't know because to date ( 18.09.91 ) I have not had the benefit of an acknowledgement . |
| 11 | In developing societies , primary education appears to be more of a social investment than individual consumption , while in affluent societies the demand for education may not come so much from the needs of the economy as from the demands of individual people . |
| 12 | Even a few weeks would do for him , thought Hotspur , and caught the girl 's eyes fixed upon him in silent desperation and appeal ; though indeed it was so imperious as to be more of a demand . |
| 13 | Thank you very much indeed for talking to us John er er and I 'm so sorry it 's not going to be more of a a m m milestone in your life . |
| 14 | If it is by Rolle , it would seem to be more of a series of prompts for meditation on the Passion than a fully worked out structure . |
| 15 | You know because we often talk to artists and we ask you know how it happened and and most of them say like topsy it just grew er that that there 's no planned career but with you with the tours er set and the album set it it seems to be more of a controlled career with you two . |