Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] [noun sg] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , cast in bronze , we have an Industrial Elephant , with a factory chimney , belching smoke , on its back , which would seem to be more to do with the advent of the Industrial Revolution than a comment on the British Raj . |
| 2 | Anxiety here was generated by the fact that William was a Calvinist , hardly more attractive as head of the Anglican Church than a Catholic . |
| 3 | For most of the time he shifted about from one foot to the other , more like a naughty schoolboy who has been hauled up in front of the head master than a genie rubbed out of a bottle . |
| 4 | I had always been sort of fascinated with pictures : I was more of a visual person than a word person . ’ |
| 5 | A mini-breakdown was less of a black mark than a criminal record if he should ever choose to emigrate . |
| 6 | Tom O'Connor more of a European Tour than a European Community man stepped off the golf course to chip in a Eurojoke . |
| 7 | It is harder to predict the length of a financial-led recession than a manufacturing-led one . |
| 8 | Penrhyn Castle — More of a stately home than a castle , Penrhyn is a modern Victorian structure in Norman style . |
| 9 | Their participation , particularly in the planning of new ‘ community care ’ schemes , is more of a good principle than a working practice . |
| 10 | The Rottweiler is almost more of a Swiss-type dog than a German one . |
| 11 | The sound throughout more closely resembles that of a small hall than a church . |
| 12 | It is more of a social club than a riding school . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is , however , more in the nature of a charitable gesture than a true extension of state responsibility for this area of need . |
| 15 | One wall was taken up by a great open fireplace , more suggestive of a baronial hall than a Georgian living-room . |
| 16 | It is an interesting garment which , with its long sleeves , has the flavour more of a monastic habit than a shroud . |
| 17 | Many primitive displays have to be viewed more or less head-on , and even then they produce more of a grey mixture than a black and white image . |
| 18 | following a review by the county surveyor we suggest further things which are automatic consultation with local members and indeed this process of public consultation be brought forward to the beginning of the whole procedure of traffic managing reviews , now that , that sort of consultation will be more in the nature of a public meeting than a semi-formal enquiry , but we recommend to you that we use the same sort of terminology so that the public appreciates that they are genuinely being consulted by the County Council , now if we find that there are very contentious proposals after an order has been published , er a C C H , a County Consultant of Hearing may still be held if as members you feel that 's something you want to do , because the objective of , of this whole concept of County Consultant of Hearings is to have er flexible arrangements so that the County Council can demonstrate its commitment with consultations at a local level to demonstrate that , that members in particular are hearing what local people er say and to set up procedures within the organization to give members , particularly local members more involvement in the traffic management review process , those are the recommendations Chairman which involve in the paper . |
| 19 | No disrespect to Philip Young , the conductor , or to any of the performers , but I have to agree with the member of the audience sitting behind me who commented that it seemed more of a damp squib than a big band ! |
| 20 | It was perhaps more of a confederal scheme than a federal one . |
| 21 | But to Harriet the grandeur and studied comfort were somehow artificial , the atmosphere more reminiscent of a luxury hotel than a home . |
| 22 | However , in the early 1980s , anti-Communism per se is probably more of a nagging difficulty than a significant obstacle to trade , at least at governmental level . |
| 23 | It was a faint memory , usually ; more of a dim sensation than a picture , sliding imperceptibly into sleep . |
| 24 | Their main advantage comes when crampons must be put on and taken off several times a day — more of an alpine situation than a Scottish winter one . |
| 25 | It was more of an annual rite than a business meeting , and always concluded with expressions of mutual goodwill and handshakes all round — provided the pub continued to show a profit . |
| 26 | I 've got more of an athletic figure than a womanly figure — and I 've hardly any waist ’ |
| 27 | The summit 's concluding Declaration of Guadalajara was considered by analysts to be more of an historical document than a blueprint for combined action . |