Example sentences of "this be [adv] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | By tacit consent both sisters behaved as if this were just like any ordinary Christmas , and they avoided discussions which might lead to the subject that was naturally uppermost in their minds . |
| 2 | Clubs such as this were rather like workshops with the old pros as time-served tradesmen who expected the young apprentices to clean their boots and learn their trade . |
| 3 | This is rather like growing up and buying your parents . |
| 4 | This is rather like the moment in Lewis 's life when he described philosophy as a subject and Barfield replied that to Plato , philosophy was not a subject but a way . |
| 5 | For young autograph hunters , it no doubt makes a change from ‘ Best Wishes ’ but one ca n't help thinking that this is rather like Mr Oliver Reed , the thirsty boulevardier , signing off ‘ Sobriety , Oliver Reed ’ . |
| 6 | I am afraid that this is rather like asking ‘ How long is a Piece of string ? ’ as there is no hard and fast answer . |
| 7 | This is rather like saying the second world war only started when the doodlebugs started falling . |
| 8 | This is rather like an attitude one might take to the philosophical discussions about whether we have free will or not . |
| 9 | This is rather like putting the cart before the horse and it is very difficult later to take up the study of the horse when all previous emphasis has been placed upon the cart ! |
| 10 | This is rather like the big bang at the beginning of time , only it would be an end of time for the collapsing body and the astronaut . |
| 11 | This is rather like being able to draw a straight line tangent at any point on a smooth curve . |
| 12 | This is rather like a radiator working in reverse ( in fact , a radiator could be used as a solar panel ) . |
| 13 | ‘ We thank the Government for relaxing these but this is rather like thanking somebody for refraining from hitting you on the head with a heavy stick , ’ said Brendan Burns , the federation 's Scottish-based UK vice-chairman . |
| 14 | This is just like the sweep stroke where we extend the reach to apply more force . |
| 15 | this is just like sort of Microsoft Works , you can play about with that erm |
| 16 | ‘ This is just like old times , eh , Dane ? ’ |
| 17 | As this is just like performing a hard disk upgrade ( See Issue 1 ) it should be easy . |
| 18 | ‘ This is just like Mr Milburn to feast like a parasite on the sick , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I do n't think they do , this is just like a sample , , so we know what we 're talking about and we do n't . |
| 20 | Christ God dealt with the problem which spoiled his image in us and he has to do it because of fundamental thing , he 's got ta do it from the centre , you know you can get an apple , an ordinary apple and you can polish it up and you can have it so that it 's bright and glistening and the red is almost you know it , it , it , it almost dazzles you the shining on it , it 's got a real good polish on the skin , but inside , there 's a grub , and all the polishing in the world does n't get rid of the grub , and you see that 's so often what we do , we polish and polish away on the outside , that 's gon na make us better but it 's only skin deep because inside the grub is having a field day , he 's having a party of all party 's , he 's got an whole apple to himself and the grub of sin in your life and in my life is having , has a field day and we polish the outside and we try and make it look good and we be we become presentable and there like the apple on the market stall it looks good , it looks tremendous until you take a bite out of it and you see in the bit that you 've bitten there 's a , there 's a hole going through and you wonder where the grub is , is it in the bit that 's left or in the bit that you 've eaten and this is just like sin you see in our lives and so God in Christ he did n't deal with the outside bit , he did n't bother trying to make our conditions better , he did n't bother trying to work on the outside , that 's the difference between the gospel and social work and there 's nothing wrong with social work , it 's just that it 's going , it 's coming from the wrong end , it starts on the outside , it will educate people if we give them better housing , if we give them better circumstances , if we give them better wages , now all these things are right and that we should have them , but that does n't make any difference , you see , the person is a sinner , all he becomes if you educate him is an educated sinner , if you give him a huge pay rise all he becomes is a rich sinner , if you put him in a palace all he becomes is er a sinner living in a palace , it does n't make any basic difference to the person . |
| 21 | This is somewhat like making the target broader so that it becomes easier to hit . |
| 22 | This is much like what Lord Owen and General Morillon are aiming at . |
| 23 | ‘ This is quite like old times , ’ thought the lawyer as he watched Doctor Jekyll smiling at Doctor Lanyon . |
| 24 | Er , yes , Mr Chairman , nationally it is going down , locally we 're , we 're going along on a plateau , erm , and in some areas it is actually go the incidence is going up , but this is basically like Scotland where they have n't got many anyway . |
| 25 | Cor , he said , this is almost like being an art student again . |
| 26 | This is very like Pearl , where the visionary landscape he wakes in makes the dreamer-father forget even his bereavement , ‘ Garten my goste al greffe for3ete ’ . |
| 27 | An obvious angle , perhaps , on a car whose maker sells itself as ‘ The Aircraft Manufacturer ’ , but Michael Stewart knows his cockpits : ‘ I used to fly a lot , mainly Cessnas , and this is very like a small aircraft dashboard ’ . |
| 28 | I thought , hang on , this is more like it . |
| 29 | I remember thinking , when Bond arrived , this is more like it . |
| 30 | ‘ Now then , this is more like it . ’ |