Example sentences of "similar to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was because they found that many of their animals and plants were very similar to European forms , but that they did differ in what seemed to be significant respects , such as size or colour . |
| 2 | This is similar to European languages like the Latin ( also dead ) and Russian . |
| 3 | Portuguese , although appearing to be similar to Spanish on paper , is pronounced completely differently , and so despite the fact that we could communicate in French and Spanish , we could not make ourselves understood in Portuguese other than to ask , ‘ Fala ingles ? — do you speak English ? ’ |
| 4 | The symptoms of this condition include fever and inflammatory changes in the connective or fibrous tissues of the body , increased fibrous tissue production , baldness , sensitivity to sunlight , kidney failure , high blood pressure , heart involvement , an increased risk of abortion , defects in the immune system , psychotic manifestations and neurological problems similar to multiple sclerosis . |
| 5 | Lets Watch includes video exercises which are similar to traditional audio-cued drills . |
| 6 | anti-discrimination legislation , similar to existing laws banning discrimination on grounds of sex and race , could be effective |
| 7 | The idea is similar to existing roll-over relief on replacement of business assets and , broadly , a material disposal occurs where there is a disposal which would attract retirement relief if the individual were aged over 55 . |
| 8 | The pictures show an artist 's impression of how the road signs of the future might look with the brighter display offering information about hazards ahead and how best to avoid them and a more traditional display , similar to existing road signs , for use in normal traffic conditions . |
| 9 | Similar to Aconite but lacks its febrile excitement and is slower in pace |
| 10 | This remedy is similar to Aconite but lacks its febrile excitement and is slower in pace , its onset taking several days and often beginning in the evening . |
| 11 | ‘ Similar to all lower-division clubs , Darlington have problems . |
| 12 | The rules are similar to professional weightlifting , but competitors use only the upper part of their bodies , keeping their head , shoulders , buttocks and heels on the bench at all times . |
| 13 | Diseases similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy have recently been reported in several species of domestic and zoo animals . |
| 14 | The third method , grafting , is similar to budding and differs in that a short section of wood with more than one eye is enjoined instead of a single bud . |
| 15 | Texturised Polyester : Similar to texturised nylon , but woven from polyester yarns , which are lighter . |
| 16 | Without doubt , the neck is a substantial chunk of maple , feeling remarkably similar to current production Precisions . |
| 17 | Bank personal loan Similar to current account loan , but interest rate fixed at start , and even more likely to be earmarked for a particular purchase . |
| 18 | The multiple instruction-multiple data scalable parallel processing system will support a shared memory programming model called global shared distributed virtual memory to provide a Fortran and C programming model very similar to current production supercomputers . |
| 19 | The multiple instruction-multiple data scalable parallel processing system will support a shared memory programming model called global shared distributed virtual memory to provide a Fortran and C programming model very similar to current production supercomputers . |
| 20 | The earliest known whales date from about the same time , but in this case the situation is slightly more complicated , in that these early whales were very similar to modern ones , and could be big — up to 15 m ( 50 ft ) long . |
| 21 | In contrast , the Madeira basalts have 87 Sr/ 86 Sr , 143 Nd/ 144 Nd and 207 Pb/ 204 Pb ratios that are similar to modern MORB ( Fig. 2 a ) , and among the most extreme yet measured for OIB . |
| 22 | The community structure of the mammalian faunas is similar to modern forest communities , again with the exception of some of the Rusinga faunas . |
| 23 | The bottled woman arouses desire but does not satisfy it a function similar to modern advertising . |
| 24 | These radar and optical data are rather similar to corresponding data for the Moon . |
| 25 | By the 1840s naturalists were depicting relationships in two dimensions but without the orderly pattern of circles , producing images of relationships similar to geographical maps . |
| 26 | Police disciplinary hearings are similar to criminal court hearings in that the same rules of evidence and burden of proof , ie beyond reasonable doubt , are used . |
| 27 | When so little is known about the firing technology it is difficult to generalise ; the Cassington kiln was a type of updraught kiln similar to Roman types . |
| 28 | The process is similar to oral tradition , in which good descriptions , tales , or verses are preserved and repeated ; indeed the audience or reader would have been disappointed if some of the famous and much loved descriptions were not included . |
| 29 | He anticipates that Unix system revenues will be similar to 1992 . |
| 30 | Thus , McConaghy and his colleagues carried out a series of experiments on what they call ‘ allusive thinking ’ , a concept similar to overinclusive thinking and actually measured by them with a clinical , thought disorder test . |