Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] of [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I had eaten little or nothing most of the day .
2	SCORPIOS may not like to appear outwardly ambitious but you set yourself specific goals and work relentlessly towards them regardless of the opposition .
3	Mrs. Mary Campbell of Boquhan , a lady with important political connections in the town of Stirling , sent Drummond with her letter of recommendation to call on Lord Milton , the intermediary through whom much of the Duke of Argyll 's patronage was distributed .
4	‘ The speed humps will be built in a special way which makes them less of an inconvenience to buses , ’ said Mrs Standing .
5	We all use them much of the time and could not do without them .
6	Please remember that non-attendance deprives someone else of a place .
7	It must have taken her most of an evening .
8	In front of her most of the herd seemed to be grazing alongside the path , on either side of it , but Brenda could n't leave the path on her bike .
9	The director had told her most of the cast and crew were staying in the same hotel , and a room had been reserved for her there , too .
10	An incessant internal monologue occupied her most of the morning , during which , by turns , she tried to convince herself that Fen 's effect on her was all in her imagination or berated herself for being fickle .
11	Piggott , 57 , gave himself much of the credit for the victory , cheekily telling trainer Richard Hannon : ‘ I rode a brilliant race , did n't I. ’
12	Naturally enough , this called forth the response , ‘ Why speak ye so of the mirth that is in Heaven ?
13	To hold the regime together , and maintain himself at its head , he manoeuvred not only to maximize his chances of material and territorial satisfaction , but also to avoid alienating from himself any of the factions within his regime , while , at the same time , bolstering his own hegemony by ensuring the persistence of competition between them .
14	Yet the first step had been taken , and an inexpressible sadness closed in upon him , as if he had stripped himself wantonly of the children who were his own flesh .
15	He 's been making himself part of the England scene by acting as spy for some time now as already noted on the list .
16	Ehret was responsible for three of these designs and is the only artist to whom any of the originals have so far been traced .
17	But they have gone through an experience of doubt which has purged them forever of the desire to doubt without finding an answer .
18	Thereafter an employee is rotated through several sections or jobs making them more of a generalist rather than a specialist in one skill .
19	It also gave them more of an opportunity to chat .
20	I thought the dead whiteness of the dress made me more of a corpse than a bride but had n't enough energy to infuriate my mother by telling her so .
21	‘ For some reason I hate to lose , ’ said Chang , ‘ and that makes me more of a fighter .
22	P.S. Tell me more of the brother and sister of sweet Shelley .
23	A cable car will take you most of the way .
24	I reckon it would 've taken you most of the night . ’
25	The only problem with the guides is that they tell you little of the quality of the goods in the shop .
26	She believes that Hewlett-Packard has now carved itself enough of a breathing space to be able to consider various options at both ends of the market .
27	She believes HP has now carved itself enough of a breathing space to be able to consider various options at both ends of the market .
28	In another decade the new Bokhara will have attracted to itself much of the importance of the ancient city , and with its rise and growth the prestige of the latter must inevitably decline .
29	I thought you more of a man than that . ’
30	The seventh degree being flat will give you more of a blues feel , as opposed to the normal seventh as found in a major seventh chord ( 1st , 3rd , 5th and 7th ) which I discussed in my July ‘ 92 column .

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