Example sentences of "this [be] more a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this is more a measure of the limitations of our own mind . |
| 2 | This is more a problem for the Archive than for the end-user . |
| 3 | This is more a celebration of his life in which we 've tried to present as many different facets of it as possible . ’ |
| 4 | This does not really explain how the regulation will be conducted , as this is more a feature of the regulators than of the politicians , if there is any slack in the relationship between government and regulatory agents . |
| 5 | But this is more a reflection of historical functions and origins , as with the role of postal services as a source of revenue for the state and as an instrument of state security . |
| 6 | Unlike France , however , the parliament is not constitutionally supine ; indeed it has a degree of control over policy which some might envy , although this is more a result of governmental weakness than anything else . |
| 7 | This is more a matter for the Secretary of State than for the courts . |
| 8 | I said , ‘ This is more a movie set than real life . ’ |
| 9 | This is more an opportunity to be grabbed than a threat to the survival of Japanese factories abroad . |
| 10 | Even Darwin admitted that his confidence was tested when he contemplated the vertebrate eye , although he went on to say that this was more a failure of the imagination than of the intellect . |
| 11 | Fighting went on in New France for another twelve months , but after the fall of Quebec this was more a matter of moving forces over long distances than of confronting threats that the French might retrieve their position . |
| 12 | If the inland waterways came even close to being a nation-serving system , this was more a matter of outcome rather than of preconception . |
| 13 | This was more an increase in efficiency than in output . |