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"Our house looked more like a bordello: a lot of his friends and a lot of women, " she said.

He is just more like an ostrich hiding his head in the sand than to face up with the problems and tackle them head-on.

I think the audience was expecting to see that transition play out a little bit more, like it has with other characters in the past.

It was more like an order than a question and there was something about him that made it impossible for me to say no.

The past was more like smoke and dream, had gone with the wind. Expect tomorrow, after all, tomorrow is another day!

She said that role-playing is not only a show, more like the animation to express the role of love.

The mud drying in the sheets the next morning was black, more like the soil near the cabin than the red clay of her first grave.

you fell in love with the one who was more like just a kid, as you were a kid as well at that time.

She points proudly to the new trees and new access to the green opposite, which means the road now looks more like an entrance to a park.

Being an art model began to feel less like getting to sleep in on a Saturday morning, and more like being sent to bed early as a punishment.

They found that its size was on a par with other australopithecines, but its shape was more like that of a human brain.

Watts thinks trends are more like forest fires: There are thousands a year, but only a few become roaring monsters.

We're trying to get Shield Block to feel more like a mini-Shield Wall.

Thirty years ago, Chinese leaders realized that for China to become relevant, it had to look more like the United States.

The Major heaved his shoulders, and his cheeks, and laughed more like an over-fed Mephistopheles than ever, as he said the words.

If you want to be more like the people you worship, then follow their lead by striking out on your own.

The SDR , however, is more like an exchange -traded fund (ETF) than a currency, and is not a viable alternative to the dollar .

I like her more than I liked Diana because Camilla seems to be more real to me, and Diana was more like an illusion.

In his speech just before the party vote, he said he was not as flashy as a goldfish, but more like a loach.

For a quarter century after his death, she maintained his studio, more like a cult than like an architectural firm.

It was so like smith's work, so much more like the top of a strongly spiked wall than a head of hair.

Like I said the last two races are special places, Monaco and Montreal, so this is more like a traditional race.

It was more like the bend of a river than a bath.

It will not stay constant throughout, and as a result of that, you're going to get a trajectory that looks more like this.

"She met girls that were more like her, that she could associate with, and it just really brought her out, " her mother, Laura says.

If Christmas was a private affair, more like a birthday, that would be easy to arrange.

More like you would never say that more care in the end you understand it or not, you have not told me a little bit of echocardiography.

As a comparison, many adult sexual networks are more like an airline hub system where many points are connected to a small number of hubs.

The snow on the streets was no longer so white. Tamped down on the tarmac by the wheels of cars it looked more like ice.

Our parents both worked full time and riding our bikes back and forth wasn't exactly a hardship, it was more like a grown-up responsibility.

black hair is usually more like the clothing style, and most of the popular will is not to reclaim the basic wear section.

It's more like a take in filmmaking - I can always try one more time and start all over again, but I never return to a painting.

It had a small brain, apparently walked upright, and had teeth more like those of a human than an ape.

He feels even more like a man when he advances in the direction of his fears, as if sailing on the winds of an inner scream.

for it was usually more like the broad and lonesome green before a village meetinghouse , than the centre of a town's business.

Others are more like the captain, driven by an inner force to start a business and unwilling to take "no" for an answer.

Lately, it has been more like an irascible marriage between those who wish to cut taxes fast and those who do not.

China's currency regime is now beginning to look more like political dogma rather than sound policy.

Alopecia bit recently, I do not know whether it is more like the things that made premature senility or disease.

The time may soon be coming when instead of startups trying to seem more corporate, corporations will try to seem more like startups.

He did not look Italian, he looked more like one of those pictures in the magazines of millionaire fishermen lolling on their yachts.

His social existence had been more like that of an early Christian, than an innocent child of the nineteenth century.

Markets were supposed to shut down bad ideas in a gradual evolutionary process; what happened in 2008 was more like a mass extinction.

In that respect they're more like the small man of Confucius's day, always one bad harvest (or ruler) away from starvation.

THE NEEDLE The long thread draws its breath as she sews him a shirt more like a surplice.

There were days I wondered if there was something wrong with me. Maybe if I were more like her, someone would take notice?

This is beginning to feel less like a step up and more like the first requirements of a new skill set.

Now having a pre-defined web configuration, this looks like more like a marketing decision at this point rather than a technical one.

Cancer dads are more like mothers than fathers in some way, although they may try to hide this fact by trying to appear tough and callous.

Accounts of a VIP's life in an Indonesian jail anyway make it sound more like a four-star hotel chain than a chain-gang.

But to make their experience more like that of the chimps, the kids were encouraged not to speak during the experiment.

"That's more like it, " Hornberg rose from his chair. "Now Mademoiselle Sikorska, I wish to visit one of the other classes. "

sir. If I had to name one thing, I'd have to say that stuff they call porridge we get for breakfast. Tastes more like pond water to me.

Mr. Buffett's stock picks used to drive the train; lately, they are more like the caboose.

Fueled by oil, the country's economy was more like that of an Arabian emirate than a Central African nation.

If she votes in favor of the bill, she will look more like a centrist and be in good standing with the voters during the next election year.

I want to stress though that it was a nasty place. You know, we say water but this stuff was more like sulfuric acid.

Once the commodity market had been made to look more like the stock market, bankers could expect new influxes of ready cash.

I've been more like a master in my own house more comfortable and I've been better treated since I've had you to back me up. . .

In the design provided, each button in the control bar was actually just a single word of text and looked more like a link than a button.

It remains to be seen whether, as China's economy grows, it will become more like Japan, or more like the United States.

I think his mentality was more like the head of the family makes the decision on behalf of everyone for the goodness of everyone.

As a female, why thought of the art creations that is going to challenge to look to suit a male more like this form?

What made the exercise look more like an actual battle was that the aircraft and armored vehicles used live ammunition.

From being a shoo-in at the next election, the man who was supposed to have tamed the terrorists is now looking more like a has-been.

Wei said Yi was the first Chinese player trained in France to sign a pro contract and he hoped there would be more like him in the future.

Your emails are tabbed into a thread , which means you no longer have to look for old emails. . . it is more like a conversation window.

If conventional marketing could be compared to a shotgun approach, one company official said, Rolls-Royce's was more like a sniper rifle.

It was more like the entire contents of our refrigerator on a round crust.

The cub did not survive, and the female's temperature afterward behaved more like that of the other bears.

It wasn't quite the paper money that we know, it was more like a piece of paper saying a promise to pay.

But when you think about it a little, it starts to sound more like . . . a bumper sticker.

They were trying to decide if it looked more like a whale or a shimmering serpent.

"China is changing to become remarkably more like the U. S. , " he said by telephone.

Just as the roots grow stronger when wind blows against a tree, so every time you stand up to a temptation you become more like Jesus.

Dr Cardelli is trying to discover whether it is more like the hardware of electronic circuits or the software of programming languages.

If we were to literally copy the form of an average address book, our icon would look more like a regular book, or a plain notebook.

They were almost like nuns and it had nothing to do with sex. It was more like being a priestess.

Because his song is so fond of him, and because he, more like his songs. i think it will continue, i believe!

At times, with her fake blonde hair and exaggerated wiggle of her hips, she seems more like a grisly drag queen than a real woman.

Surely, the argument runs, Japan would produce new global gorillas of its own if its innovation system were more like that of the US.

What the study revealed was that the money made the generous act of donating blood seem more like a bad way to make a few dollars.

The state broadcaster said the highway was more like a parking lot.

One night, she had a dream -- though she believes it was more like a message.

it would be more like that of a bluebottle path described by a particle, such as a sand grain in the rock.

Even in his appearance, Mr. Jobs seemed to cultivate an image more like that of an artist than a corporate executive.

Sometimes it felt less like childcare and more like a demented game of Clue -- and I knew who'd end up in the ballroom with the rope.

You've been more than just a teacher to me, you've been more like an intimate friend.

With her light hair and blue eyes she seems to take after her mother, but in her character she is more like her father.

Now it's more like a postseason, going into Sunday's game here in which the Jazz will try to make this into a competitive series.

Now it's more like a postseason, going into Sunday's game here in which the Jazz will try to make this into a competitive series.

Behaving more like a child and less like an adult will have amazing benefits for you.

To us, he really was more like Harry Potter, whipping up his fans into a frenzy with feats of magic while skeptics clucked their tongues.

Rather than an entry into uncharted territory for the world economy, such a shift would be more like a return to an earlier era.

Religion sometimes revolted him and his fellow men seemed to him "more like the image of a brute beast than of that omnipotent deity" .

"You're quite You're quite mistaken, " he said. " He's round and smooth and sharp. He's more like a spear than anything else. "

But for a Chinese migrant with a heavy accent to become a stand-up comedian in the US it's more like a fantasy.

But because of a problem at birth with his tongue being a bit attached to the mouth, it came out more like this.

Hot borscht is generally more like stew than soup and is often served with dark bread.

Well uh, if you want it to look more like a lollipop, you could put a swirl in the middle.

The numbness may also be the result of something more, like an illness, tumor or nerve condition.

Viewed in that light, yesterday's vote for change looks more like an attempt to preserve the status quo by other means.

He felt more like laughing at the child's escapade than scolding him, but, solemn as an owl, he got through the necessary reprimand.

And he had a plain face, one which many thought was ugly. He looked more like a simple farmer than a candidate for the United States Senate.

And everyday feels more like a year, Sometimes I wish I could move on, The memories would all just disappear.

The hotel is very nice- though I was slightly disappointed as I thought I had booked a 4* hotel but it was more like a 3* to me.

Nash looked more like an outsider, trying to make a living in the NBA by helping various teams he would feature in as a role player.

For an entire city to be wiped out in seconds by one bomb was more like a force of nature.

He said by inducing the out-of-body experience it proved it was more like a brain malfunction when sight, touch and balance become confused.

Is Japan trying to become more like an emerging market everyday?

Just when you think China is starting to behave more like other large economies, something leaps out to remind you that it is not so.

having proved his point , dr liu is now trying to design sensors that work more like the sense cells in a real lateral line.

If it was a guy it would be more like you want punch on? For girls its not like that, so for girls its like this.

It seemed to me that trying to make that imperative minilanguage more like English might make it easier to use.

I have many similar characters with my mother just as the old saying "a boy is much more like his mother" .

First half was nonsense, political correctness gone mad, and more like an advert for London Transport and what was the lollipop lady doing?

His forced smile was more like an embarrassed grimace, his cheeks creasing and blushing slightly.

It has been already shown to be possible at some degree by Russians and Chinese, but this might be more like the prediction of 2100.

It would be wrong to say that OFHEO and the White House became allies. It was more like a wary marriage of convenience.

Investing under uncertainty is always difficult, but this could prove to be more like sailing into a hurricane.

In her autobiography China, My Dream, My Love (1990), Siao writes: "It was more like strolling on the music beats than dancing. "

The surface of Mars is more like the surface of Earth than any other planet in our solar system.

Friendship, as he saw it, was more and more like an ingenious farce with too much plot and too many characters all acting frenetically.

More like a girl's face blush as rouge-colored flower buds, hidden in a lotus leaf, the wind had Office, reveal that the roots of it.

A woman, who looked rather more like a lady's companion than a maid, opened the door to us.

The Buddhist, as an idea, more like crept up and settled in him shortly after his wife said she wanted a divorce.

The culture and customs of America are more like those of England than of any other country.

Many families are grappling with similar questions as a family tree today is beginning to look more like a tangled forest.

This is more like an air rage incident in which you land and get rid of the troublesome passengers and then continue on to your destination.

Kemp considered the title La Bella Milanese, but decided it sounded more like the name of an Italian gastronomic delight than a work of art.

David: That sounds more like what I had in mind, but I'll have to check with my office first. Then I'll confirm it with you later today.

He's always been in a position of power, more like the deputy rather then leader, and no-one has ever tried to get on his bad side.

Obesity rates in China have surged over the years, leading some to think China is starting to look a lot more like the U. S these days.

It doesn't feel hormonal. It feels more like a cellular pressure, like the cells of my body are demanding that I shutdown and reboot.

His speech of defence was more like an irony or even an insult to China.

As long as I don't bring up the subject and treat it more like a hobby, I can get away with it.

That's more like it! I knew it would start working again if we gave it a second.

This map is only a game with the snow, and mega-size four pillars, if overlooking it, it is more like a beast of a box.

are going to look a lot more like the risque Latin American and European ads in the next few years.

All things considered, it looks more like an expensive pair of headphones than a device that can read your mind.

It was more like an honor than a job-offer when the channel's director, Jiang Heping asked me to join his team of anchors.

It is more like an attempt to pass the time--like a game of solitaire, or flipping a coin.

Women moving up in their careers often feel they have to be more aggressive , be more like men. They ought to find their own voice.

To make it look more like a typical breadcrumb trail, CSS and DOM style manipulations can be used to style the breadcrumb nodes.

The smile passed from Countess Olenska's eyes to her lips: she looked younger, more like the bold brown Ellen Mingott of his boyhood.

Mikey staggered around the pond with her arms outstretched, looking more like Frankenstein's monster than an Olympic figure skater.

The idea-forming-process is not linear, but more like an avalanche of amplifications along the thinking path.

Never too believe in a woman's sweet love. Said a woman wants to hear sweet, in fact, more like men.

She was the oldest of four children, the other three of whom were more like what her parents had been hoping for.

An ecosystem was more like a conference than a community -- indefinite, pluralistic, tolerant, and in constant flux.

Like the X41, the X60's screen has a coating that makes it feel more like paper and is reasonably easy to write on.

It looked more like this when it was all wrapped up -- not quite so pretty.

In this respect, it is going to feel more like an RSS feed reader or a social news site than a directory.

And those that remained had begun to look more like aid projects, with investors committing themselves to building schools and clinics.

To me that sounds more like a VAT inspection than a process likely to end in matrimony, but what do I know?

Still, others insist she's doing what every other little girl loves to do: playing dress-up to look more like her fashion savvy mother.

These findings could, therefore, partly explain why a woman cannot be more like a man when it comes to BP control.

Your baby is looking more and more like a newborn, just a little smaller, a little thinner and a little more wrinkled.

Other players like to be involved and on the ball more, like Paul Scholes. So different players have different ways of playing.

Some drivers have been put off by price rises: including tax, it is now more like a one-and-a-half-lakh car.

Now we know those cold craters are more like an old deep freeze that's in the basement.

It feels more like playing around, and not trying to be very serious and make something flawless .

Her eyes were fixed on his, with an appealing expression that looked more like fear than pain .

We hope that as the number of both increases we'll get something more like an efficient market.

He was too busy to think more like a diving fighter flying the small tightly under pressure in the body.

She said trading face to face with students from the same school or even the same department makes the sale more like a charity.

But do not forget to tens of millions more like the production of this blog I!

Friend: Look out for that traffic light! Be careful now! And a lot more like that.

5 - If Mrs B's slender face gets a bit more like an English rose, i. e. rounder and rosier, it's a girl. Or maybe a boy.

He often wore a straw hat with his uniform, looking more like an old farmer than a general.

"Uh, yeah, well, no, more like a bad Elvis movie, " I said.

In a small factory, more like a large house really, a group of workers are bent over tables, making copies of a very famous ring.

In fact, were you to actually consume all the food and drink on this itinerary, you'd feel more like a nap than a walk.

Users who only need a small amount of the service are generally accepting of the cost and look at it more like a car rental or hotel bill.

He was a chivalrous person, but was more like a loyal minister.

Although UK garage was the immediate ancestor, in crucial ways they were both more like the reactivation of different aspects of jungle.

It's not like shrimp . . . , more like peanut butter, but I guess you'd have to say it's a very acquired taste!

Her upper canine teeth are more like the stubby teeth of modern people than the long, sharp ones of chimps.

a character may have several different meanings and is often more like a syllable in English.

To the degree that you make a game more like a story -- more linear, fewer real options -- you make it less like a game.

It would be better for China if it were a lot more like Japan.

Cardio ballet was mostly cardio. The ballet was more like a dream of yourself, like when you picture being in love.

The government, as you may recall, wanted Google to be less like Google, and a little more like, well, Panguso.

"It looks more like an execution than something that happened during a struggle, " said Dr. Baden, a former New York City medical examiner.

Fernando is working hard in training and he's looking more like his old self. It's a pleasure to have a player of that quality to work with.

She does not know Urmila's weight, but the whimpering 18-month child looked more like a new born baby.

It's more like we peek at each other for a few seconds at a time thru the thin but substantial veils that separate us.

She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene.

Sometimes they put us on a pedestal that feels more like a tightrope -- so narrow that we're bound to fall off eventually.

This page looks more like a default application and less like an incomplete scaffold.

This simple trick enables a much more interactive user experience, as a simple Web page now behaves much more like a desktop application.

Can be a little more like the sweet flavor of sugar, salty like to add some soy sauce.

If everyone will be familiar with a even more like the news broadcast, everyday except to lie is boast forces.

Others begin to see actions and attitudes that look more like God than like the world.

In presenting himself to the public, Medvedev often acts more like a bureaucrat managing a meeting than a politician running for election.

To do that I think we have to take a more expansive view of design, more like Brunel, less a domain of a professional priesthood.

He did not look like a ghost , more like someone 's dotty father .

These remittances do not reflect domestic demand or supply, but are more like a capital inflow.

It seemed more like a campaign rally than a bill signing. No one seemed quite able to contain themselves.

Seam components are more like Spring beans than JSF managed beans in that they plug into a sophisticated, aspect-oriented framework.

As the third trimester begins in week 26, the grooves deepen and the brain begins to look more like that of a newborn.

The resultant noise will sound less like the pitch of a nervous mouse and more like a normal speaking voice.

He has such a dedicated passion for acting, it's more like an obsession.

Emma Stone is the star of the new film Gangster Squad. That's not truly the star. That seems more like an ensemble piece, right?

Finally, there is the fact that media firms are beginning to look more like media firms.

If the public sector is to work more like the private sector, workers should have the same rights.

Now, it seems, Garrison story in this financial crisis, is not a new myth, there are more like this story of the same.

Yancey felt more like spending the evening at home but gave in to his wife.

It was a minor fiasco; she looked more like a punk rocker than someone who had just walked out of Jeff Dwire's beauty salon.

Everything was greenish and grainy, and the unretouched prints looked more like the lake-bed with a flurry of stirred-up sand.

Because of all this, the new film sometimes seems more like the story of a love triangle among beautiful teenagers.

But NoSQL looks less like a fad, and more like an emerging foundation for highly scalable Web application development.

The informal economy is one way in which Cuba is becoming more like the rest of Latin America.

He saw connections of a different sort: these people and incidents were more like the spokes of a wheel.

Harold: That sounds more like what I had in mind, but I'll have to check with my office first.

Q: As you were saying just now, this must feel more like pole position than last week.

Body will be bathed in a drop of rain, the sun ray will be a thorough heart of life and more like the attitude that ah!

Actually, the iPad feels much more like a cross between a computer and a television, one that you hold in your hands.

She seemed very interested in my culture, so I talked with her about it for a long time, more like a discussion actually.

That's more like training on a traditional range; the new system is a bit more like going through a shoot house.

When he perches over Gotham on the edge of a skyscraper roof, he looks more like a gargoyle than a savior.

Carlo was much more like her mother in character, as well as looks, while Mark was always very much more like his father.

My wife thought He looked like Gandalf from Lord of the Rings but it is definitely more like the Turin Shroud.

It's like a girlfriend that won't have sex with you! So it's more like a wife, really, only not as round.

He shook his head, looking more and more like someone who had just given a few months to live by his doctor.

As if to be more like a pedlar, I wear a silver ring.

RoHS more like the TBT; the environmental related certification , similar as the safety certification but misty .

Because as much as the student, you know lots of people think students has is more like weaker side, teacher is the power side, isn't it.

Do not CLASS us together, Harriet. My playing is no more like hers than a lamp is like sunlight.

You get a customized layout that looks and feels more like an iPad app than a traditional website.

Even he was surprised to watch the video and see just how many layers Wilkinson went through, which was more like an Old Master painting.

Now this sounded more like my mom. I helped her pull the bike out of the bush and push it up the hill.

The following elements are more like the menus and toolbars that you are already familiar with from previous versions of PowerPoint.

It will probably look more like the Long Depression than the much more severe Great Depression.

Southdale was "more like downtown than downtown itself" , claimed the Architectural Record.

With its twin boom and long wing, it looks more like the Global Flyer than its predecessor.

"It's more like a facilitator of transformation, " he said.

The Evo 2 seems more like a tubular structure with a body around it while the Evo 1 was more like a shell stiffened by a roll cage.

So my point is that some of these groups are actually more like an angel groups than a venture capital fund.

As a result, the United States is making adjustments in its policies to maintain a posture that is more like that of a partner, Gates said.

Walking through the capital's university district, Yu Hua looks more like a migrant worker than one of China's best-selling authors.

So when the economy turns healthy again, living more like we're still in lean times might make us all a bit healthier as well.

She was English, even if she spoke more like an Italian.

Making modules for Neverwinter Nights has seemed more like a way of life than a simple hobby these last few years.

They say medicine is as much an art as a science. But sometimes it seems more like a mystery.

It was more like "seeing a tsunami coming and there's nothing you can do about it, " says Mr Christensen.

I made a mistake, yours seems just a little bit more like revenge.

The following elements are more like the menus and toolbars that you are already familiar with from earlier versions of Outlook.

Janb: Bob, you know I need something more like two and a half dollars.

If this is a short term relationship, and you're more like roommates than a couple, then I'd say he should pay as if he was a roommate.