Example sentences of "[prep] more [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basically they 're just telling the Party to consider the demands of the peasants and do what the peasants want but then er then in the first paragraph they say that you ought to erm they ought to support the masses in their erm implementation of agrarian reform , you have to give them planned guidance so it 's almost that how they 're telling the cadres to go out there and almost manipulate the peasants demands into more of a communist one . |
| 2 | Under pressure from influential member states , the UN is trying to make itself into more of a military animal . |
| 3 | KnowledgeWare Inc , Atlanta software engineering products specialist has laid off 200 of its 1,150 employees , all of them in ‘ non-strategic ’ functions with 100 of the affected workers in Atlanta and the rest in Detroit , Boston and Europe : the cuts affect workers primarily in mainframe development and reflects the company 's movement into more of a client-server emphasis — employment overall grew during the quarter as a result of this emphasis ; research and development offices in Detroit and Boston are being closed as part of a consolidation it said . |
| 4 | What became the Criminal Justice Act of 1961 was a relatively short statute of forty-five sections and six schedules , with more of a coherent theme than is usually found in comparable legislation . |
| 5 | It was a jibe that nearly became a prophecy , though Cambridge were left with more of a one-horse race . |
| 6 | In contrast , British Aerospace is using FDC as more of a strategic tool . |
| 7 | Tomato deal in the riper side of UK House , of which the more familiar name of Pascal 's Bongo Massive will be the stormtrooper with most , and this release is really worth it for the AA facet , where ‘ Carried Away ’ is a slow shuffling number that could equally serve as more of a chilled refreshment . |
| 8 | But other customers prefer to write the messages themselves , for more of a personal touch . |