Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is popular in Japan , more like a movie star than a politician ( partly because his brother , Yujiro , was a real film star until he died last year ) . |
| 2 | Three weeks on , The Paradise Club proves the contrary : it is now looking less like a showroom model than a motor on which the clock has been wound back and the polish is beginning to fade . |
| 3 | And he dresses more like a rock star than a businessman . |
| 4 | Looks more like a cotton wool factory than a cherry orchard . |
| 5 | Do you think of yourself as more of a rhythm guitarist than a lead player ? |
| 6 | The beaches await but even if you consider yourself more of a sun worshipper than a sightseeing buff , you may be tempted to venture further afield , out to explore the rolling hills and picturesque cornfields which stretch across this region 's landscapes and conjure up images of some rich renaissance tapestry . |
| 7 | The 27-year-old fashion queen ends up looking more like a cat burglar than a catwalk model in the 30-second ad . |
| 8 | Furthermore , while the corporate constitution has a partially contractual basis , there are also significant mandatory elements , and many of those ingredients which are attributable to private ordering are more accurately described as resulting from management imposition than a process of contracting . |
| 9 | All the commands are dealt with but seemingly in as few words as possible , it 's more a quick reference guide than a piece of documentation . |
| 10 | It is perhaps more of a shopping list than a Bible , but that makes it comprehensive and intimidating , with a refreshing freedom from jargon . |
| 11 | But the latent inhibition effect was not profound — rats given partial reinforcement during pre-exposure learned much more readily during the test phase than a group of subjects that had experienced the tone followed consistently by the mild shock during pre-exposure . |
| 12 | Better an unshone shoe than a procession of the crippled , hobbling to their places in unfamiliar brown brogues in a very public breakfast room . |
| 13 | This seems to them more like a building site than a City office . |
| 14 | This interpretation has proved to be compatible with other results , including the finding that a click located near the end of a clause tends to elicit longer reaction times than a click located at the beginning of a clause ( Abrams and Bever , 1969 ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Anyway , they were published by Mattlock 's , who had no more business sense than a rabbit . |
| 16 | This meant that on average a girl would have to obtain higher examination marks than a boy to secure a place at such a school . |
| 17 | The Empress Suite was one of the most sumptuous accommodations on board , more like a penthouse apartment than a suite . |
| 18 | Given the choice , most of us would rather eat a choccy bar than a stick of celery , but good eating habits will pay dividends . |
| 19 | It 's more like an art gallery than a quilt show . |
| 20 | If you wanted to make the room seem more like a bedroom/sitting room than a study/library/dining room that will also accommodate a guest , you could make much more of the sofa bed and have a rectangular or drop-leaf table like a sofa table behind it . |
| 21 | Sebastiane , the six-foot-two model who looks more like a champion hurdler than a clothes-horse , strides into the room in flat shoes . |
| 22 | Home moviemakers are much more likely to buy a video camera than a film camera nowadays and there is a range of equipment for the domestic market which also finds its way into institutions . |
| 23 | She pranced in front of them , more like a circus pony than a chorus girl . |
| 24 | ‘ Over the years the players have done incredibly well from the national championships and have had higher prize money than a lot of international events , ’ said the SRA 's squash manager , Andrew Shelley . |
| 25 | ‘ Over the years the players have done incredibly well from the national championships and have had higher prize money than a lot of international events , ’ said the SRA 's squash manager , Andrew Shelley . |
| 26 | SCMC is also said to improve overall detergency of a product by assisting in soil suspension and is regarded by some more as a suspension agent than a thickener . |
| 27 | Twice as many women would prefer to have a baby girl than a baby boy |
| 28 | However , despite being photographed in glistening black and white , its meaning remains murky and it is more of an endurance test than a movie . |
| 29 | For some organisations objectives are rather more like a woman shopping than a man shopping . |
| 30 | This machine reads more like a wish list than a specification : it 's a 66MHz DX2 with 16Mb of RAM , a 200Mb hard disk , a cached IDE local bus host adaptor , local bus video , topped off with Jumbo 250Mb internal streamer . |