Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [modal v] [be] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whooping cough may be like this or even asthma . |
| 2 | I had no idea that being in a commercial rock band would be like this , because I 've never paid attention to other commercial rock bands . |
| 3 | How , in Schelling 's terms ( 1979 ) , a state manages the balance between voluntarism and coercion is a central key to understanding what its future investment climate might be like , and thus its attractiveness to potential investors . |
| 4 | During Key Biscayne , Jennifer was asked if she agreed with Monica Seles ' current belief that if she had known then , what she knows now , what life on the tennis circuit would be like , she would not have started at such an early age . |
| 5 | The Pritchards have n't given up yet , but they say putting them in a council house would be like putting them in prison . |
| 6 | ‘ I had no idea that business trips could be like this . ’ |
| 7 | In diarrhoea which comes on when there are hot days and cold nights and the nature of the stools keeps changing ( like Pulsatilla ) Infant diarrhoea may be like this . |
| 8 | He wondered what the evening sky would be like and if Father Prior would send him a copy of the writings of Richard of Wallingford . |
| 9 | Unless it received an abort message from Nicaea its self destruction would be like the force of a sun collapsing , wrenching this star system apart . |
| 10 | His model of what computer learning should be like is taken from the ‘ Samba schools ’ in Rio de Janeiro , where experts and stars gather a coterie of followers and students to prepare for the carnival . |
| 11 | Imagine what the performance of your motor car would be like if you reduced the air supply to the carburettor . |
| 12 | But unless you spend the night before patiently reserving your patch , finding a prime viewing spot can be like trying to catch the tube in the morning rush hour . |
| 13 | Not wearing a shellsuit at Center Parcs would be like running out on the pitch at Wembley in a dinner jacket . |
| 14 | They give us a vivid idea of what the lending libraries would be like if the popular mass-circulation libraries had not been crushed by the public libraries in their politically motivated post-war form . |
| 15 | In theory , a farm manager should be like the manager of a factory ; that is , a salaried employee in charge of , and responsible for , the operation and development of the farm as a business . |
| 16 | What she did n't know was quite what life on a mission station would be like or how she would adjust to it , though it does n't appear to have given her any sleepless nights . |
| 17 | She was afraid , and so was I. I knew what the atmosphere at stadium events can be like , the way some people discard their inhibitions and normal standards of behaviour … |
| 18 | Most societies have a prevailing image of what desirable family life would be like ; modern Britain is no exception . |