Example sentences of "[noun pl] are like [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brockbank said : ‘ It has been like that since day one , but many clubs are like that . ’ |
| 2 | Its last hours are like those of Camembert ; it becomes a liquid smelly mess and runs out of the joint , leaving only a dirty mark behind . |
| 3 | It 's a bit dangerous driving round if his eyes are like that . |
| 4 | Kids are like that though are n't they ? |
| 5 | yes they 're both totally shame less and their heads are like that , Lucy come and see say hello to . |
| 6 | Jews are like that are n't they ? ’ |
| 7 | He collapsed at Debbie 's on Wednesday night , well he fell , bumped his head sort of fall down so the doctor come yesterday , tt , and he had to stop in bed two or three days and go at the doctor 's for ten minute appointment and he bloody test and to see why he 's lost so much weight cos his legs are like that . |
| 8 | It is not suggested that any but a small proportion of private homes are like this , but where such conditions do occur , it indicates that the vetting , registration and monitoring procedures are failing . |
| 9 | So there must be lots of people of my age whose feet are like that , where they 've worn these things and their feet are a bit deformed . |
| 10 | just got really unsafe unless the two sites are like half a mile , well at least half a mile if not , but I |
| 11 | A middle-aged woman from St Helens said : ‘ Mr Lawson does n't seem to bother trying to get it across , but then most Chancellors are like that . |
| 12 | How many more consignments are like that Steve ? |
| 13 | ‘ Some chaps are like that , you know . |
| 14 | ‘ They watch Masters of the Universe and Superman on TV and these guys in their outrageous costumes are like those cartoons . |
| 15 | Good ideas are like that . |
| 16 | because your draughts are like this . |
| 17 | C. Across most of Devon and Cornwall the landforms are like those shown in the last of the three diagrams on the next page . |
| 18 | But dreams are like that , are n't they . |
| 19 | Because everybody in that meeting was thinking about blaming other people they were actually trying to say it 's not my fault that thing come in , it 's not my fault that things are like this , it 's somebody else 's fault in a different organisation . |
| 20 | Academics are like that too , though they do n't admit it . |
| 21 | The conspicuous features are like those for general insurance companies , but more so . |
| 22 | And he says , None of my pals are like that . |
| 23 | cos it 's like erm , it 's like , her , her calves and her shins are like same size as her thighs |
| 24 | " Perhaps drunks are like that too , " I said . |
| 25 | Teenage girls are like that . |
| 26 | Now I know not all players are like this . |
| 27 | The local symmetry of M-PH 3 is C 3 ν and the PH 3 modes are like those of the CH 3 group in CH 3 X. There are a 1 and e PH stretches , a 1 and e PH 3 deformations , and e PH 3 rocks . |
| 28 | ‘ A lot of men are like that , ’ observed Betty . |
| 29 | Not all men are like that . ’ |
| 30 | Fortunately , not all men are like this , and the self-motivated , self-controlling individuals must assume responsibility for those that are . |