Example sentences of "[noun] and more a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put like that it seems less like a divine commandment and more a TV ad for increased leisure . |
| 2 | Though all three sides of the new diplomatic ‘ triangle ’ are interconnected , all too often , states find less connectivity and more a sense of contradictory pulls among the imperatives of choices that can not be avoided , as figure 2.1 illustrates . |
| 3 | The old order changeth , and how — back at the end of the 1970s , Ted Dexter and Honeywell Information Systems Ltd got together to propose to the British Broadcasting Corporation that television coverage of cricket could be enhanced with a little judicious computer intervention and the age of computer-aided sports broadcasting was born : for a decade and more a Level 6 minicomputer or successor followed the cameras and trundled around the cricket grounds of England and Wales in the back of a truck as Honeywell and successor company Bull HN Information Systems Ltd maintained the tradition — but with the first one-day match of the current series against Australia at Old Trafford yesterday , what was the legend at the bottom of the caption but ‘ Intel processing ’ . |
| 4 | Under the watchful eye of the provodnitsy — the female ticket-collectors , tea dispensers and mother hens — you feel less a stranger on a train and more a member of an extended family , sharing food , drink and gossip — even if you ca n't understand a word of Russian . |
| 5 | This is because in Canada the view that rape is less a crime of sex and more a crime of violence has been pursued with particular fervour . |
| 6 | For him negotiating is less a game of poker and more a game of chess . |
| 7 | Here is seen less of the Baltic brick approach and more a derivation of French and English design . |
| 8 | ‘ And I am still your maid , ’ McAllister had said gaily to him , but , of course , she was now less and less of a maid and more a member of the family , working side by side with Matey in cheerful equality , living and playing with them in the evening , and when Dr Neil spoke of the wedding day again she said that she must write to her uncle at least , before anything could be arranged , and let him think that she had done so . |
| 9 | They have been responsible locally , particularly in areas of the highest deprivation , and they are paying surcharges to local councils of £20 , £50 , £70 and more a year for those who can not pay the poll tax . |