Example sentences of "[conj] more a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fell into one of those drooly , head-lolling dozes that seem to be more and more a feature of my advancing years . |
| 2 | There ( right ) they joined together with other pilgrims in what is becoming more and more a feature of Catholic life once again in England . |
| 3 | The bus came and they boarded it , but to Erika it seemed less like the familiar old lumbering , lurching , yellow Berlin bus , and more a vehicle of romance , gliding through a night made mysterious by more than fog . |
| 4 | But maybe he thinks Hollywood is less the big break he needs and more a kind of career prat fall . |
| 5 | However , as the medical picture became more clear , there became more and more a sense of underlying tension , with heroic care being delivered by people possessing the knowledge that it was n't going to work . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 | The plan of the book is related to its overall purpose of demystifying research , making it more accessible and more a part of everyday work and decision making . |
| 10 | Internationalization is the notion that each country 's economy has become less self-contained and more a part of a global process of production and change . |
| 11 | As the Quality Improvement Process becomes more and more a part of C&P 's culture , quality education will naturally become more integrated with the mainstream training programmes at all levels . |
| 12 | How can we possibly retain that self-reliance and confidence if we become more and more a nation of programmed consumers , stuffed with the produce of an automated technology over which we feel we can have little influence ? |
| 13 | Here is seen less of the Baltic brick approach and more a derivation of French and English design . |
| 14 | By 1880 this was more and more a matter of Great Russian chauvinism within the boundaries of the Russian Empire , and tsarist imperialism abroad , but it had great sentimental appeal among Slavs living under non-Slav rulers who were encouraged by it to look to this ‘ big brother ’ . |
| 15 | But whereas rap music is still very much a street-level phenomenon , jazz has become more and more a domain of the white middle classes . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | His cautious and methodical ways , once so valuable a buffer to Richard 's impetuosity , now become more and more a cause of annoyance . |
| 18 | For him negotiating is less a game of poker and more a game of chess . |
| 19 | ‘ I was thinking more of Pretty In Pink , but I really like the idea of music in films , where the song 's less incidental but more a part of the film . |
| 20 | And it was all compounded by a feeling not just of loneliness but more a sense of abandonment , as all the families she had known since childhood began to leave Baldersdale . |
| 21 | Men in the West seem to fear this dichotomy , although it is not a separation but more a reorganisation of life so that the spiritual gains the most important part and the rest of life falls into place beneath . |
| 22 | Thus , it has been suggested that ‘ [ s ] hort-termism may not be so much a product of the mispricing of assets , … but more a reflection of contractual failures in securities markets in part brought on by the takeover process . |
| 23 | Salvation is found by reaching this enlightenment , and enables the editor of The New Humanity to write , ‘ It is no longer a question of ‘ What do we do to be saved ? ’ but more a realisation of ‘ ‘ How do we express a richer , more abundant lifestyle as saved individuals ? ’ |
| 24 | It did not reflect particular animus over Korea but more a feeling of frustration at the setbacks encountered by American policy in the Far East in the previous two years . |