Example sentences of "[adj] [be] like [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is like forensic science , where the more ‘ matches ’ one finds between two fingerprints , the greater the certainty that they belong to the same person . |
| 2 | At first sight this was like English countryside , but close to where you could see the baked cracked topsoil , the dead convoluted trees , bleached stones like animal skulls and huge pear cactus in bright yellow flower , close to the land was hard , dry and pitiless . |
| 3 | These are like tiny sponges which continuously release moisturisers . |
| 4 | These are like miniature straws which suck water up the stem . |
| 5 | Visiting Reddish in the late 1950s was like visiting heaven . |