Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Penrhyn Castle — More of a stately home than a castle , Penrhyn is a modern Victorian structure in Norman style . |
| 2 | It might seem strange that rapes such as these carry a lower penalty than a Category 2 case in which the defendant threatens violence against one party with the aim of securing intercourse with another , but where no violence is perpetrated and sexual intercourse does not in fact take place . |
| 3 | Note also that the test is also sensitive to the standard deviation — a wide ’ spread ’ of scores ( as demonstrated by the results for music ) will produce a lower z-score than a domain with the same percentage correct but a narrow spread of scores ( e.g. estate agents ) . |
| 4 | Plumfield was young , and Kate thought he looked more like a social worker than a psychiatrist . |
| 5 | It is more of a social club than a riding school . |
| 6 | It was more like a medieval monastery than a home , thought Sarella , but , despite that , there was something rather magnificent about it . |
| 7 | Retentionists could not accept that a rapist who breaks into a house , violates his victim , and then kills in order to prevent her giving evidence against him , should be treated as having committed a lesser offence than a burglar who kills in the course of theft . |
| 8 | A group is a lesser thing than a team , which performs at a higher level of cohesion than a mere group needs to ( see Teams on page 161 ) . |
| 9 | Such a right would give a monopoly in the program , thus protecting the underlying ideas more effectively than copyright , but the right would last for a shorter period than a patent , say 5 or 7 years maximum . |
| 10 | It was a faint memory , usually ; more of a dim sensation than a picture , sliding imperceptibly into sleep . |
| 11 | When I was about ten years old , a trip to the village from the South end was a bigger thrill than a trip to a big city would be to a present day child , later working in the village as a teenager , the dances every Saturday and Monday night was enjoyment never to be forgot . |
| 12 | At supper there is more likely to be a simple salad than a roast on the menu , which has the advantage of leaving you with more room to do proper justice to the pudding . |
| 13 | She was breathing more like a trapped animal than a woman . |
| 14 | Mary Kingsley was certainly eccentric , not to say weird — a plain Victorian spinster with more of the masculine than feminine in her nature , who said of herself : ‘ The fact is I am no more a human being than a gale of wind is . ’ |
| 15 | It is an interesting garment which , with its long sleeves , has the flavour more of a monastic habit than a shroud . |
| 16 | In under ten weeks Watson , ‘ dressed in a plain business garb — rather more like a Scotch merchant than a minister ’ , had ninety-six engagements , mainly readings but including some lectures . |
| 17 | This simple idea was the starting point for Philips ’ effort to enter the consumer market with a multimedia CD product that felt and looked more like a domestic appliance than a computer . |
| 18 | Well , frankly , I 'd rather have a little mud than a hatchet thrown at my back . |
| 19 | Whilst there may still be a feeling that a High Court writ will have a greater threatening effect on a recalcitrant defendant than a county court summons , inducing him or her to settle the claim , the changes to the costs rules , and the harmonisation of remedies , will lessen the attractiveness of such action . |
| 20 | This is also used on some rival d-i-y machines , and is a cheaper option than a spindle lock , which needs only one tool to be used . |
| 21 | I had always been sort of fascinated with pictures : I was more of a visual person than a word person . ’ |
| 22 | Good health resides in areas under more direct personal control , and those with time to investigate such matters as exercise and nutrition may be in a better position than a doctor to arrive at an accurate understanding . |
| 23 | I am suggesting that within the one is the other — in some respects a Chinese Box would have provided a better diagram than a polarisation continuum , although it would have been difficult to decide which box should be on the outside . |
| 24 | ‘ It is not possible to get a better debut than a game against the world champions , ’ he said . |
| 25 | So you make a better door than a window ? |
| 26 | Aeration may be a better idea than a venturi . |
| 27 | Seething at the thought that acne-ridden new savers were getting a better deal than a man of his maturity and substance , he retired like a wounded beast to its lair to ponder the problem . |
| 28 | A better tool than a wire coat hanger has yet to be developed . |
| 29 | The whole caboodle , heavy and cumbersome , looked as though it might be more at home in a grand hotel than a north London flat : precisely the image the manufacturer is trying to get across . |
| 30 | Their participation , particularly in the planning of new ‘ community care ’ schemes , is more of a good principle than a working practice . |