Preposition: as

• boy: In addition, girls of primary school age are only half as sporty as boys.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• do: Nor does the engine sound quite as sporty as it should.

• enjoy: When not in College Zoë enjoys all things sporty.

Modifies a noun

• coupe: Freedom can allegedly be bought for the price of a 4x4, or of a sporty coupe.

• hatchback: For example, young families buying sporty hatchbacks that are barely big enough to fit the children in, let alone the shopping!

• styling: Volvo Car B.V. from Holland presented the Volvo 480 ES, a four-seater with sporty styling.

• handling: Not as sporty handling as the Nitro, but seems like it climbs better.

• appearance: Very sporty half leather Recaro seats in this Monty provided the interior with the sporty appearance to match the exterior.

• bike: A short rake is associated with sporty bikes and quicker steering.

Modifying Another Word

• quite: Well, everyone in the family was quite sporty.

• very: Son aged 10 who is very sporty, the whole family are Rugby mad!

• really: I watch movies, read books, I`m not really sporty.

• not: I'm not sporty You don't have to be sporty to be physically active.

• even: I've never been a horsey person; I'm not even sporty.

• fairly: We like the things in the school like games and sports because we like to think that we are fairly sporty people.

Infinitive complement

• drive: It's enjoyably car-like and almost sporty to drive, as well being quiet and refined.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: If you are feeling sporty we have horse riding, golf, tennis and swimming all within easy reach.

• look: So now you can sling your surf boards onto your Ferrari and look sporty as well as filthy rich.

• get: Getting sporty Get those feel good chemicals pumping around your body by exercising regularly.