Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [noun] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 27 , he started his own photographic agency and went on to make films on the proceeds , using the talents of advertising colleagues such as Alan Parker or of friends like Ray Connolly . |
| 2 | ‘ To be honest , I 'm a bit tired of being described just as a jazz singer or with words like ‘ abstract ’ , ’ she says , responding to reviews that have tried a little too hard to distance her from the rave scene she still feels so much a part of . |
| 3 | . All in er at the counter or in er boxes or in casks like this . |
| 4 | In cities wherein only a handful of Jews lived , such as Edinburgh , Dundee or Perth , or in towns like Paisley or Kilmarnock , there was not the same atmosphere or vibrancy , excitement or interest . |
| 5 | Slung round the waist on a webbing belt with adjustable plastic fixlock buckle , it can be worn on one hip , behind like a bumbag or in front like a sporran , the latter being the only sensible arrangement for paddling but none of them being ideal for making an exit in difficult conditions or swimming in the event of a capsize . |
| 6 | Their outstanding abilities lay elsewhere and ie is to their fine engineering achievements in vaulting such constructions as the Basilica of Constantine and the Baths of Diocletian , or in the building of amphi-theatres such as the Colosseum , or in layouts like the Palace of Diocletian in Split or the Villa of Hadrian at Tivoli that we can appreciate their genius for architectural effect and scale in planning . |
| 7 | I mean there are regular jobs in acting — you know , directors of repertory companies , or in serials like Coronation Street or Crossroads . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah and er look I think the process is that you do work and you feel passionate about it , you wan na do it the best you think you 've done it as well as you can do it , and then you put it out in whatever form , in a T V series like Love Hurts or on stage like Alfie , or in an album like Midnight Postcards and you then just pray and hope that people want to listen to you , want to watch you , want to hear you . |
| 9 | And when the network of 120,000 miles of footpaths is threatened — when paths are blocked by barbed wire or by crops like oilseed rape which you simply ca n't walk through — The Ramblers ' Association campaigns long and hard to keep the countryside open . |
| 10 | Run on commercial lines or by organizations like housing associations , the YMCA or religious denominations , the best of these are as good if not better than college halls of residence . |
| 11 | The simple mouse-and-icons approach means putting together new forms or reports ought to be a doddle ; and for functions like queries or browsing , you ca n't do much better than the GUI . |
| 12 | ‘ It is good to get the three aquatic disciplines together , and for youngsters like Paul Latimer and Graeme Smith it is a first chance to be part of the senior squad . ’ |
| 13 | The course is already drawing the fans and for action like this , it 's no surprise . |
| 14 | Officials of the ODA will work with local health personnel and through groups like the Red Cross to identify hospitals and clinics which will made good use of the aid and ensure that it gets to those who truly need it . |
| 15 | The debate over the TUC 's programme has missed much of this diversity and pluralism ; in particular , it has ignored the extent to which many trade unions run a broad programme of courses and resources for members as well as representatives , both directly and through organisations like the WEA . |
| 16 | A full understanding of the politics of Pisticci , and of communities like it , requires us to understand the idioms of kinship , friendship and clientship — as well as those of organisational rank and of class . |
| 17 | Erm and of initial like instead of saying them they 'd say just say em . |
| 18 | By the end of our period immigrants formed a substantial majority not only of countries like Australia , and of cities like New York and Chicago , but of Stockholm , Christiania ( the present Oslo ) , Budapest , Berlin and Rome ( between 55 and 60 per cent ) of Paris and Vienna ( c. 65 per cent ) . |
| 19 | And the thing , the biggest thing that we 've been afraid of is death and the things that lead to death like sickness and like infirmity like weakness . |
| 20 | Ireland lie joint 26th of the 32 teams , alongside such minnows as Greece and Finland and behind teams like Mexico and Norway . |
| 21 | erm , and with agencies like Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise so a lot of the stuff we get in is written and we have to reply |
| 22 | In contrast to the latter , academic psychologists have concentrated more on creativity as a normal cognitive trait and with problems like its psychometric measurement , development , and correlations with other — mostly ‘ desirable ’ — characteristics . |
| 23 | Now , okay , when you 're infants and with things like that you just say ca n't do it |
| 24 | Langhorne was it just then , and the race was won by one A. J. Foyt , not by Mario , who came in ninth in his Windmill Truckers Special : for $637 , to be split with the owners , and with hands like hamburgers . |
| 25 | Where anybody gon na sleep and with granddad like the state he 's in . |
| 26 | Yes , Elizabeth Howell of Exploring Parenthood , certainly that is the case , both with parents and with people like teachers or child care workers , who are in locus parentis for many hours of the day , and our sense is very much that if the adults around children can feel supported and confident that they can acknowledge their own fears and anxieties that they will then be better be able to transmit that measured response to the children in their care and it was very interesting last week , I heard from an educational psychologist in the north of England who said that a group of teachers had asked from several schools to come together to think about the resources that they needed to set in place in order to deal with the children 's behaviour , and after the meeting , at which they were able to express their anxieties , they then returned to their various areas and when the psychologist contacted them a couple of days later they said we felt sufficiently supported by knowing that others are struggling with the same issues and that we could acknowledge our concerns about it , that we now feel able to get on with the job of helping the children , and I think that was a very good example of adults finding a way to acknowledge their own anxieties and thereby to increase their effectiveness in dealing with the children that in whose care they have . |
| 27 | More generally , the link between the last three sections of this book is Tolkien 's perception , from Pearl and from poems like it , that poetry does not reduce to plain sense ( so far most critics would agree with him ) , but furthermore that this is because words have over the centuries acquired meanings not easily traced in dictionaries , available however to many native speakers , and ( this is where many critics part company ) at times breaking through the immediate intentions of even poetic users . |
| 28 | This enables users to transfer data and graphics to and from applications like Lotus 1-2-3 , Microsoft Word or Excel — or from MathSoft 's range of electronic titles . |
| 29 | Although the Government had then retired hurt , the Clow Committee 's more general criticisms of the industry 's slowness in responding to the need to limit the peak by experimentation with load limiters or time-of-day tariffs remained , both within government and from bodies like the Federation of British Industries . |
| 30 | A lot of support has come from local firms and from individuals like electricians and plumbers , said Mrs Coates . |