Example sentences of "a [noun] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her first appearance on the operatic stage was more of a stumble than a début . |
| 2 | Mr Kaifu has turned out to be more of a winner than a cipher . |
| 3 | the girls ' bedrooms which was more like a boxroom than a bedroom before |
| 4 | The fact that we are commanded to love even our enemies tells us that love is more of a decision than a feeling . |
| 5 | Efforts had been made to screen off the royal family from the rest by the strategic placing of hangings and drapes , but the overall effect was more suggestive of a market-place than a royal habitat — a fact which had caused Anne and Joan much secret merriment ! |
| 6 | ‘ It is better , ’ he concluded , ‘ to be a sheep than a wolf , better to be ruined than to do the ruining . ’ |
| 7 | Neighbours , mm sounds more like a sheep than a horse , neighbours |
| 8 | Despite a couple of fine LPs , among them ‘ The Most Of ’ , Edwards clicked more as a writer than a singer , and in 1966 he gave two songs to the Spencer Davis Group , ‘ Keep On Running ’ and ‘ Somebody Help Me ’ , both of which hit Number One . |
| 9 | Partly because I want to experience life in as many phases as I 'm capable of — i.e. I 'm more a writer than a moralist , I suppose . |
| 10 | BUT the Fab Four 's first record was more of a MISS than a hit . |
| 11 | It was perhaps less a prayer than a wish , in its final form ; but by the time the Queen went to bed that evening , it looked almost as if she had been heard . |
| 12 | Although they embody a real-world claim about how agents are motivated , they function more like a paradigm than a generalization . |
| 13 | ‘ People say there are courses in the economics of wildlife management , but I think it 's better to be a scientist than a talker . ’ |
| 14 | Charles Russell also found much to admire in his Manchester Scuttlers , seeing in their violent gang fights a ‘ sense of comradeship ’ which he could not altogether disapprove of : ‘ The ‘ Scuttler ’ ’ was not wholly bad ; he would rather be a blackguard than a dullard . |
| 15 | It 's more of a story than a |
| 16 | It sounded , even to her , more like a plea than a protest . |
| 17 | Not surprisingly she is said to have complained that Louis was more like a monk than a king . |
| 18 | It 's more of a noise than a sound sometimes , but in a way it 's how a proper bass should sound . |
| 19 | Now wo n't you stop risking money on horses , which is more a worry than a pleasure ? |
| 20 | The effect is more a portato than a staccato . |
| 21 | The Danish eluded her but the tone of voice nearer a growl than a polite question suggested she was being asked to state her business . |
| 22 | Johnson 's , I was soon to learn , was typical of other South Seas stores — more like a warehouse than a shop , with new lines that had just arrived by boat piled up against the shelves of the barn-like building . |
| 23 | These were acknowledged publicly by no less a figure than a former Prime Minister , W.L. MacKenzie King , at the communal celebrations of Lyon 's 60th birthday and his 35th anniversary of engagement in social interests , as well as those of his friend of many years ( to whom Lyon Cohen had diverted the honour of being invited to be the Member of Parliament several years before ) , Sir Samuel W. Jacobs , KC : ‘ Our friend finds himself today , ’ , commented Jacobs , ‘ the acknowledged leader of Jewry in Canada , a position acquired by years of self-denying effort … respected by his own , and also by the larger community in which we dwell . ’ |
| 24 | The courtyard spoke less of a monastery than a farm . |
| 25 | Since queen and chamberlain had to work closely together ex officio , Vivian 's promotion looks more like a counterweight than a complement to Adalard 's . |
| 26 | Below Inside , comfortable armchairs , reading tables and daily newspapers made it more like a club than a travel agent 's office . |
| 27 | The face was fine and a little gaunt , more that of a poet than a soldier . |
| 28 | He was always impressed with Leonard 's room , which he found to resemble more a study than a youth 's bedroom — already the style was evident . |
| 29 | Zach 's room seemed more like a study than a bedroom . |
| 30 | He thought it appeared less like a college than a ‘ set of separate departments ’ . |