Example sentences of "are [adv] [det] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jobs , government officials say , are much less of a problem than is housing . |
| 2 | Existing rooms which need a face-lift or which you would like to have a completely new image are much more of a problem . |
| 3 | But the role and powers proposed are less those of an ombudsman than of a commissar . |
| 4 | If your talents are more those of an illustrator you should be applying to one of the commercial studios which supply agencies and magazines . |
| 5 | Give the Conservatives the credit of having played a very weak hand with great expertise , but they are still less of a threat to Labour than the SNP , now second in 35 seats . |
| 6 | Our relations from now on are strictly those of a prisoner and a warder . |
| 7 | The two most useful sizes are probably those with a floor area of 200 cm2 or 1200 cm2 and 12 cm high ( internal measurements ) . |
| 8 | The above specific items are probably enough of a change you may think . |
| 9 | For some the only problem encountered with dogs is getting the brown stuff out of their outsoles , but dogs are clearly more of a pest than this , if our postbag is anything to go by . |
| 10 | They are often more of a blockage to communication than a channel . |
| 11 | Conservationists argue that they are far less of a threat to stocks of fish such as salmon than water diversion schemes and bad logging practices . |
| 12 | WOBBLY teeth in unsound gums are as much of a problem in adults as tooth decay . |
| 13 | But the score contains a blank stave throughout the song , with clefs and key signatures for a vocal bass line , and the words are surely those of a duet : |
| 14 | Confusion and muddle resulting from mislaid books and materials involve a waste of time for any pupil , but are even more of a nuisance for one who sees poorly . |
| 15 | The letter writers among you , our readers , are very much in a minority . |
| 16 | Navy ( presumably for repair work ) ; 130 tons of bolts ; 100 tons of nails ; and 1,127 tons of sundry items of which there are very many on a vessel . |
| 17 | Because really big bream are too much of a mouthful for even the biggest pike does not mean that a big bream has lost its natural , cautious instinct . |
| 18 | The usual lairs of sniping pike , marginal rushes and other bankside vegetation , are too much of a threat to their comfort . |
| 19 | The constant changes are too much of a risk for publishers . ’ |