Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [modal v] [be] [verb] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | And last night Tory MPs were openly warning that , unless he managed a spectacular recovery , and got a grip , Mr Major would be forced like Lady Thatcher before him to make way for a new leader . |
| 2 | And last night Tory MPs were openly warning that , unless he managed a spectacular recovery , and got a grip , Mr Major would be forced like Lady Thatcher before him to make way for a new leader . |
| 3 | But modern products go beyond shampoos and conditioners — new hair problems can be tackled like skin care . |
| 4 | By tomorrow night Stapleton will be caught like one of his butterflies , and we shall add him to the Baker Street collection . ’ |
| 5 | This means that profits on oil income will be treated like gains from any other business by being subject to normal corporation tax . |
| 6 | Bulletin boards and list servers can be structured like company e-mail in that subsections can be used to follow up a particular discussion or to follow through all the different accounts and editions so that one person can go back and read the whole story from the beginning to the last entry . |
| 7 | If , in some way , the text cursor could be treated like a graphics cursor , which is free to roam under the control of a joystick or trackball , these ideas could be put into practice . |
| 8 | Pretending that Income Support claimants can be treated like the customers of Pizza Hut , that tasteful waiting rooms and " customer care " training for clerks , desirable though they may be , alter the essence of the relationship , fools no-one . |
| 9 | SCHOOL governors should be treated like magistrates and given paid leave of absence from work , the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association has told the National Commission on Education . |