Example sentences of "n't so much a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | There was n't so much a noise as a change in the type of silence . |
2 | It was n't so much a case of thinking : he looks a lovely chappie . |
3 | The Bentley Turbo R is n't so much a hero as the entire cavalry . |
4 | He was n't so much a boyfriend as a boy who was one of my friends . ’ |
5 | Eddie Murphy 's Boomerang is n't so much a comeback after recent failures as a career rethink , deliberately designed to show Fast Eddie easing up and losing the street hustle — coming on , in fact , like a black Cary Grant . |