Sentence examples for anything but model from inspiring English sources

Most of the time, the Ngogo chimps were anything but model soldiers squabbling, foraging and lolling about their domain.

"Tijuana is anything but a model for an effective public security operation," the letter said.

Despite Koiso's admirable atmospherics and unfailing good humor, service is anything but a model of efficiency.

Mother is clearly a self-portrait, but it was wishful thinking on Nesbit's part as she was anything but a model of Victorian and Edwardian propriety.

China's autocratic government is anything but a model and will prove to derail its vaunted economic train.

This week has proved to be anything but the model of an America on track to brighter days.

More recently body builders hijacked the mesomorphic, minting steroid-fueled Rodin caricatures that were anything but a model of health.

America has recently elected a more conservative Congress, and Turkey has been seen recently as anything but a "model partner" to the U.S. Ankara's rhetoric and behavior on Iran and Israel have caused anger and confusion in Washington, as evidenced by WikiLeaks.

With its relatively hasty autofocus (<300 ms) and click-to-capture time (<200 ms) and mechanical shutter, I wouldn't count on seeing these make their way into anything but flagship models within the next year and a half.

A muse is anything but a paid model.

"It's a more relaxed atmosphere... [and] it's a little rebellious too". He describes being shaped by a childhood spent shuffling with his mother and four siblings from motel to motel and school to school, thanks to a ne'er-do-well father who Esquivel says was anything but a role model.