Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] more [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , British Aerospace is using FDC as more of a strategic tool . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Kano regarded his judo as more of a sport than a fighting system . |
| 4 | Oh it 's a fill in , I thought that was sort of more like a personnel type phrase . |
| 5 | It 's sort of more like a urgh urgh |
| 6 | The Junior Gaultier collection presents his ideas with more of a sportswear or street feel , more for club-goers and it 's just right for the new designer room we have opened at our branch at 362 Oxford Street in London . ’ |
| 7 | It was noted that the Hibbs contribution suggested that right-wing governments tended to see inflation as more of a problem than unemployment . |
| 8 | Elizabeth Holt , a Fleming director , said : ‘ Given the share register we regarded the rights as more of a placing . ’ |
| 9 | In the third movement March his speed is less hectic than that of Pletnev or Jansons , but this allows him to bring out the rhythms with more of a swagger . |
| 10 | As PW2 Advantage Plus PCs , available next week , the boxes will run SCO Unix , seen by Unisys as more of a desktop offering . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | but they might exacerbate another problem , that of slalom-style riding by adventurous , youthful moped-riders who often view the street furniture as more of a challenge than a deterrent to speed . |
| 13 | This process provides the manufacturer with more of a profit because the bacon soaks up the salt and water which increases its weight . |
| 14 | After a plain breakfast they went out again , still taking it slowly but this time with more of a distance in mind . |