Example sentences of "it [is] rather like [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's rather like DIY in that one day you may need a power saw to cut up some timber , the next a hand saw for some precision work . |
| 2 | It 's rather like pond life — little tadpoles eating even smaller ones and bigger ones eating them . |
| 3 | It is rather like competition in the market place , only the costs of failure are very much higher , involving violence and anarchy . |
| 4 | A lot of speakers think this is what prevaricate means ; it is rather like procrastinate ( put off until tomorrow ) and the ‘ stall ’ meaning makes sense in most contexts where the word is actually used . |
| 5 | It is rather like feeling that the dark companion of Sirius is somehow less certainly known because we infer its presence from its gravitational effect upon the Dog Star than it would be if we could actually see it — as if gravity were somehow less real than light . |
| 6 | It is rather like warfare , the seesaw of offensive and defensive , of tank armour and the high-velocity penetrating bullet . |