Sentence examples for belle than from inspiring English sources

One couldn't help but notice that when Magnanti first went public, she attracted much less hostility for actually being Belle than Piper did for portraying her – what was all that about?

Still, Ms. Runyon's warm demeanor and propensity for entertaining -- she had a 9/9/ 99 party and holds an annual Thanksgiving dinner for friends -- seem more Southern belle than rabble-rouser.

The SNP variant event ratio was closer to that for 'Georgia Belle' than for 'Dr. Davis'.

Dan Hofstadter's interesting study The Love Affair as a Work of Art fell more into the category of belles lettres than criticism.

I'm no more interested in who Belle 'really is' than I am interested in who Jack The Ripper 'really' was.

AN APERITIF Nowhere quite sums up the extravagant Belle Epoque style than the Hôtel Negresco (17) at 37 Promenade des Anglais (00 33 493 166 400; www.hotel-negresco-nice.com).com

And yet such is the power of hope, and regret, when it comes to Brits and the weather that 2009's non-existent barbecue summer still merited, at 433 articles, more mentions in the national press than Belle de Jour (187), Samantha Cameron (386), right, EU president Herman Van Rompuy (327) and the Christmas no 1 bunfight victors Rage Against the Machine (303).

With its majestic glasshouse and vast rose collections and stone terraces, it was grander even than Belle Isle.

Swift reportedly slut-shamed Camilla Belle in 2010's "Better Than Revenge" when singer Joe Jonas dumped her for the actress: "She's an actress / She's better known / For things that she does / On the mattress" went that song.

It's more late- than early-period Belle and Sebastian, more Divine Comedy than Nick Drake, and it is reminiscent of a 60s film soundtrack dealing with true love, heartbreak and long walks in the park.

No merchandising could be more low tech and credit crunch than a Belle & Sebastian jigsaw puzzle.