Example sentences of "[noun] is like [v-ing] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Propping up the pound is like trying to get water to run uphill . |
| 2 | Alas , being the best man at an actor 's wedding is like trying to direct an actor who wants to direct . |
| 3 | Squashing a bad girl is like trying to squash a bluebottle . |
| 4 | Laser beams consist of photons which , though small by atomic standards , have a cumulative inertial effect , Dr Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado , who heads one research group , says that cooling an atom with a laser beam is like trying to slow down movement of a heavy object by bombarding it with ping-pong balls . |
| 5 | To ask us to strike meaningful comparisons across such a technological gulf is like trying to compare a theory of the origins of the universe based on observations through Galileo 's lens with one facilitated by radio telescope . |
| 6 | Trying to raise efficiency and morale without first setting this structure to rights is like trying to lay bricks without mortar . |
| 7 | Building a complex structure by evolution is like trying to build a mortarless arch if you are allowed to touch only one stone at a time . |
| 8 | But consuming rhino horn will do you about as much good as chewing your finger nails ; however , trying to tell that to the people who consume rhino horn is like trying to tell Ian Botham to lose weight . |
| 9 | Adjusting to the disjointed ordering of time is like trying to adjust to the idea of massing all one 's sleeping hours into the first couple of weeks of the month to have the remaining two weeks wide awake . |