Example sentences of "was more " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there was more of that light earth there . ’ |
| 2 | Hardy 's diction here is certainly pre-modernist , though in matters other than diction Hardy was more of a modernist than we commonly suppose . |
| 3 | A great mystery is why Eliot , who was more of a relativist than Pound , should have been accepted by the academic establishment whereas Pound was not . |
| 4 | As the CBI figures showed increasing anxiety about future orders , there was more fear that the deceleration might be too abrupt . |
| 5 | IF THIS WEEK 'S striking display of Labour unity was more show than substance , there was no sign of it among the party 's ‘ other ranks ’ as they dispersed in buoyant mood from Brighton . |
| 6 | There was more of an opportunity for me to stand out over here , particularly as there is no real heavyweight contender on the British scene since Bruno lost to Tyson . ’ |
| 7 | If the recommendations became law , unauthorised entry to a computer through carelessness would technically be an offence , so there was more of an onus on companies to ensure that all employees knew exactly what they were authorised to do , a spokesman said . |
| 8 | It would be mental laziness to assume that each national minority was more of a unity than the ex-empire as a whole . |
| 9 | As in Kursk guberniia , the classical three-field system prevailed , but there was more variety . |
| 10 | He said that what he needed was more contact with ordinary people . |
| 11 | The contribution of such schemes to dollar receipts and colonial development alike was more or less zero . |
| 12 | And at first it was nice because there was more money coming into the house , and they could feed the gas monster and have hot water and fires . |
| 13 | This was more power for the cause — these people use tea bags and drive on the wrong side of the road , they hang fish on clothes lines and then eat them dry . |
| 14 | There was more team speculation and more dressing-room chat , especially in the popular Sunday papers , whose circulation rose enormously between the wars . |
| 15 | In their opinion , the calling in of Wolff Olins was more of a symptom of this malaise than any kind of cure . |
| 16 | There was more difficulty over the high tax charge and ACT relief and the interim dividend stays at 3.25p covered less than twice by almost halved earnings .. |
| 17 | There was more difficulty over the high tax charge and ACT relief and the interim dividend stays at 3.25p covered less than twice by almost halved earnings .. |
| 18 | ‘ The 1979 Canal Treaties were not in jeopardy , there was no sign of danger to the Canal , and the war declaration by Noriega was more rhetoric than reality , ’ commented Mr Larry Birns , director of the respected regional think-tank , the Council for Hemispheric Affairs . |
| 19 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off ’ . |
| 20 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off . |
| 21 | It was n't a shock amongst ourselves — it was more of a shock from other people 's reactions . |
| 22 | For its main participants it was more of a family row . |
| 23 | In reality , he was more of a third seamer than a strike bowler , and did the job only in the absence of a faster man , but he once took 6 for 38 in Australia and at Leeds in 1957 had his best Test figures of 7 for 70 . |
| 24 | In the end , he decided that it was more of a metaphysical thing . |
| 25 | Jogging was more of a man 's sport . |
| 26 | There was more noise than usual coming through from the landlady 's kitchen . |
| 27 | After the war opinion was more fluid and open on political grounds the tariff issue had been dead for years and I felt it was one which would pull the party together , including the Lloyd George malcontents . |
| 28 | Whether or not specific arrangements were discussed by the two unionist groupings , the election was more of a success for the conservatives than would be implied by the victory of one of the two Protestant Unionists . |
| 29 | None of his victories was more characteristic of his indomitable will to win than his first success in the Arlington Million . |
| 30 | There was more detail . |