Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [det] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to the factors already discussed , the main stimulus to employers ' organisation in a number of countries appears to have been less that of a counter to growing union power , or an attempt to achieve market or labour force regulation , and more a response to what was perceived as a threat to common employer interests arising from increasing state intervention . |
| 2 | Jobs , government officials say , are much less of a problem than is housing . |
| 3 | ‘ The diesel engines are much more of a pollutant than buses , ’ he said dismissively . |
| 4 | Existing rooms which need a face-lift or which you would like to have a completely new image are much more of a problem . |
| 5 | The majoritarian liberal democracies are basically those with a strong Anglo-American heritage ; the consensual liberal democracies on the federal-unitary dimension are largely those with plural ( i.e. strongly multi-cultural ) societies . |
| 6 | But the role and powers proposed are less those of an ombudsman than of a commissar . |
| 7 | Ellen and I both assumed that Sweetman 's interest in Wavebreaker had been merely that of a prospective charterer who wanted to reconnoitre the boat 's amenities . |
| 8 | And then I realized it might not have been so all of a sudden at that . |
| 9 | ‘ F— off mate ! they 're as much of a joke as you are . ’ |
| 10 | They you find yourself working in television and you realize you 're as much of a wanker as anyone else . |
| 11 | And I 'll tell you another thing , you 're too much of a liability . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're too much of a snob , guv' — that 's your problem . ’ |
| 13 | Surely you 're too much of a maverick to be jealous of my latest promotion . |
| 14 | ‘ I needed some time alone in which to get my head together — you 're very much of a distraction , ’ he murmured . |
| 15 | If your talents are more those of an illustrator you should be applying to one of the commercial studios which supply agencies and magazines . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Our relations from now on are strictly those of a prisoner and a warder . |
| 18 | The two most useful sizes are probably those with a floor area of 200 cm2 or 1200 cm2 and 12 cm high ( internal measurements ) . |
| 19 | The above specific items are probably enough of a change you may think . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Morris 's role appears to have been both that of a clerk of works , responsible to a greater or lesser degree for the erection of the buildings , and that of an architectural amanuensis employed to make ‘ Drawings and Explanations of his Lordship 's Directions ’ ; but to what extent he was involved in the actual process of design is not certain . |
| 22 | It is a curious paradox that often the most spectacularly successful and numerous organisms are also those with a finite geological record . |
| 23 | Occupations with a high part-timer share are also those with a high casual worker share , and there are grounds for thinking that in certain cases the two categories of worker are functional equivalents . |
| 24 | They are often more of a blockage to communication than a channel . |
| 25 | Her own father had been as much of a weakling as her husband subsequently became ; Gustave supplanted him . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | WOBBLY teeth in unsound gums are as much of a problem in adults as tooth decay . |
| 28 | For a man , this does not seem to be so much of a problem ; he can be one of a squadron of marching , identically dressed soldiers , or one of a thousand employees in a firm , and still know that he is special and unique . |
| 29 | ‘ You are n't a great meat-eater , are you , dear , ’ said Bertha , ‘ so the approach of Lent wo n't be so much of a hardship for you . ’ |
| 30 | Then it would n't be so much of a shock to you , either ! |