Example sentences of "[adv] like a large " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of their large size and numbers ( they can look very much like a large serving of spaghetti ! ) , they can completely obstruct an intestine . |
| 2 | The body is mainly white , so that from afar they look just like a large seagull . |
| 3 | Their main prey is the Lemming ( rather like a large field-vole ) . |
| 4 | The ox was very small in proportion to the adult figures , rather like a large dog with stubby horns . |
| 5 | Since the abalone is rather like a large snail in having a protruding ‘ foot ’ , it does not need to be opened in the same way as a mussel for the otter to eat it . |
| 6 | These are flying beetles that begin their lives in the soil as the familiar white or cream-coloured grubs , fat from feeding on plant roots , horny headed , usually brown in colour , very slow and sluggish moving and curled rather like a large letter C. There are several kinds , from the large cock chafer to the much smaller greenish rose chafer . |
| 7 | It looked rather like a large rook but , unlike a rook , it was alone . |
| 8 | It was rather like a large belt ; you could probably fasten it about your waist and it would sit snugly over your hips . |
| 9 | Rather like a large long-tailed sparrow or lark , the tail and the black of the male 's face and throat being unmistakable . |
| 10 | I 've been very fortunate because it 's very like a large family . ’ |
| 11 | In the case of sliced veneers a baulk of timber is clamped and slices are peeled off it by a machine very like a large plane . |