Example sentences of "to me than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time West Ham was little more to me than a name , most directly associated with a football team that had a reputation for style and steadfast support in spite of limited success on the field . |
| 2 | Miss Evans said , ‘ You might say he 's been more like a father to me than a brother . ’ |
| 3 | He meant no more to me than a painting or a sculpture . |
| 4 | ‘ Dana sent you this enclosed in a letter to me , but before you open it I want you to know that Dana means no more to me than a rather troublesome sister-in-law-to-be . |
| 5 | ‘ Wish that I did have the courage to kiss you , querida , ’ he rasped , ‘ but I have standards and a level of decency to live up to and they are more important to me than a moment of weakness to prove that I am immune to you . ’ |
| 6 | Good idea wo n't be a bad idea mm , what I thought was the tough steak has turned out to be the , the one that 's not I cut the steaks about a bit , one was a bit fattier than the other the one that I had I thought would be dead tough , is tender it 's int it ? they look more like a sirloin steak to me than a rump , even though it went under the name of rump it looked like you can only tell the shape of it ca n't , oh God |
| 7 | as far as I 'm concerned Arthur , John 's more important to me than a bloody pair of glasses |
| 8 | Then I got my time and felt even better — the time was more important to me than the medal . |
| 9 | I could comfort myself , especially at night , by recalling the sights and scenery of Abyssinia , far more real to me than the cold bleak English downs behind the school . |
| 10 | Of course , I 'm an old lady now and sometimes , you know , the past seems more real to me than the present . " |
| 11 | Years before , Nietzsche had written : " the past is dearer to me than the present ; but I believe in a better future " . |
| 12 | Certainly colour is still of more importance to me than the picture in many cases . |
| 13 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ My virginity is more important to me than an hour or two of easily forgotten pleasure , ’ she broke in . |
| 15 | She was little more to me than an embodiment of kindness . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm looking forward to showing Liverpool that there 's more to me than an oily spanner . ’ |