Example sentences of "[be] similar in [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It would appear to be similar in principle to electro-acupuncture .
2 The resistance R and reactance X therefore follow from application of the relations For good accuracy , needs to be similar in magnitude to R and X. If not , small errors in the phasor diagram due to small measurement errors may lead to large errors in R and/or X. Of course , the r.m.s. current could be measured separately by inserting a suitable a.c. meter in series with the circuit .
3 But it is useful anyway to speculate about possible findings and so some possible explanations ; the characters who use irony might be similar in type to Austen herself ( in class , gender , age ) ; or they might be the characters who function as heroes and heroines in the novels .
4 When Ps. lanisticola was first described by Dr Warren Burgess in 1976 , the hobby was in general not impressed , as the new species was said to be similar in appearance to livingstonii with the main difference being in the dentition .
5 Ophiopristis does seem to be similar in appearance to Ophiologimus H. L. Clark , 1911 but differs mainly in the form of the tentacle pore which is slightly smaller with larger tentacle scales than Ophiologimus .
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