Example sentences of "like [art] [noun] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were a best-selling group without real fans , more like the Archies than the Sex Pistols , and they lost significance as rapidly as they gained it . |
| 2 | Carroll in Forest Gate argued that ‘ class legislation ’ was impossible , ‘ especially at a time like the present when the nation is stirred to its very vitals by unemployment and general stagnation of trade ’ ( Election leaflet 1921 ) . |
| 3 | The atmosphere was more like the Budget than an announcement on social security . |
| 4 | These offers should be avoided like the plague as the mounting of recruitment drives under the guise of educational activities is nothing less than taking unfair advantage . |
| 5 | During the trial , Jeffries seemed more like the prosecutor than the judge . |
| 6 | This feeling of the sound of the sea which is like the sound when a sea shell is placed to the ear , is experienced by many people in meditation . |
| 7 | The man spoke , she thought , more like a don than a detective . |
| 8 | Although they embody a real-world claim about how agents are motivated , they function more like a paradigm than a generalization . |
| 9 | and you 'd have probably written them off when Leicester won a penalty … it looked more like a slip than a push but Thompson 's kick made it one-nil at half-time … |
| 10 | Experience seems to evolve from youth in a way not measured by the calendar : more like a river than a canal — which is what we knew but never saw so clearly as in these photographs . |
| 11 | Everything was spick and span , more like a hotel than a home . |
| 12 | the girls ' bedrooms which was more like a boxroom than a bedroom before |
| 13 | She always sounds more like a caller than the host . |
| 14 | He seemed big and rugged — more like a logger than a hotel executive at this moment . |
| 15 | There are few better exponents of the art of looking as though life is a complete grind than Graham Gooch , who invariably begins his day with a long-distance run , and Stewart is altogether more comfortable when the ship is being run more like a galley than the Skylark . |
| 16 | Far from letting go , he wrestled like a mad thing , kicking out with his boots and laughing like a maniac when the branch flicked across her throat and drew blood . |
| 17 | Not surprisingly she is said to have complained that Louis was more like a monk than a king . |
| 18 | When he reached the hut Ariel had built , he found Kit Everard asleep on the threshold , curled up like a worm when a hoe has struck it in the earth , rust-pink and grimacing with his whole body , as if in pain . |
| 19 | It sounded more like a truce than the end of the conflict . |
| 20 | Mrs Browning , Ferdinando swore , was more like a man than a woman and an Italian man at that . |
| 21 | Neighbours , mm sounds more like a sheep than a horse , neighbours |
| 22 | Jangling her keys more like a jailer than an attendant , she went to gaze out of a narrow window at what could be seen of the prosperous modern city , returning to peer over my shoulder and sniff . |
| 23 | It was more like a betrothal than a marriage and they did not live together . |
| 24 | It sounded more like a courtesy than a threat , a valediction . |
| 25 | Luyt met Herbert , whom he remembered as more like a friend than a father to John . |
| 26 | Often the tutor became more like a friend than a teacher , and continued to keep contact with them even after their period of education together had finished . |
| 27 | ‘ Laura was more like a friend than an employer , she was so kind to me and did so many thoughtful things . |
| 28 | It 's rather like a computer when the disc goes wrong — you know the info is there but you ca n't tap into it . |
| 29 | It sounded , even to her , more like a plea than a protest . |
| 30 | No Babes In Toyland perhaps , but all-in-all , more like a crèche than a tally of hits . |