Example sentences of "is similar [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This file structure is similar to the traditional parts list generated by a drawing office ( see Figure 6.2 ) . |
| 2 | What you advocate is similar to the International Baccalaureat , a successful school-leaving certificate pioneered by the International School in Geneva and now accepted by reputable universities worldwide , including Britain . |
| 3 | Er there 's another book which is similar to the other one in the sense that it made up of some papers by Phillips , Steel and Tants and that has some information about Mexicano in it , er and you find that some people er were giving Mexican language a low a low prestige rate whereas other group in the community were doing the opposite and giving a high prestige rate or certainly a less low one , er in favour of spanish a lot of the Because it was in I think it 's in South America I guess , er you find that a lot of the locals were switching to spanish because it was coming the dominant language er because of societal pressures and constraints and so on . |
| 4 | Low kicks to the legs are not allowed , but apart from that and a few other rules , kickboxing is similar to the other martial art ring-sports . |
| 5 | But one attractive possibility is that it is similar to the normal mechanism used in eyes , which depends on the interaction of light with substances called rhodopsins , or their close chemical relatives , the porohyropsins . |
| 6 | In operation it is similar to the normal type of tap : the water flows up through an orifice which can be closed by a jumper with a washer screwed down on to it . |
| 7 | Again , the male adults of certain danaids ingest material from withered Asclepiadaceae and Apocynaceae before mating and without this their pheromone systems are unable to function adequately to ensure successful mating ; the dihydropyrrolizidines in their odour is similar to the heterocyclic moieties of the plants ' pyrrolizidine alkaloids . |
| 8 | This apparently selective effect on alkaline pancreatic secretion is similar to the specific effect of intracerebroventricular neuropeptide Y on the biliary bicarbonate observed in these studies . |
| 9 | The launcher , normally referred to in the trade as a ‘ carousel ’ , is similar to the Pivotal Tower Type in Mr Smith 's illustration , in that the aircraft travels on a circular ground track around a central pylon with a rotary head . |
| 10 | Thus the kangaroos are the predominant grazers , and have evolved a stomach for digesting large amounts of coarse vegetation that is similar to the ruminant stomach of the cattle and antelopes . |
| 11 | My second idea is this , which is similar to the above . |
| 12 | When you install a PostScript driver into any software package the output is similar to the above . |
| 13 | This is similar to the experimental attractor seen in Fig. 8.6 . |
| 14 | The international registration service is similar to the inland Recorded Delivery service , and is not designed for sending items of value . |
| 15 | Task-centred casework is similar to the brief problem-orientated approach to treatment described in Chapter 5 . |
| 16 | An alternative structure was devised which is similar to the finite-state recogniser in figure 3.8 , having labelled edges . |
| 17 | Even so , the chief British worry is similar to the American one : that ownership of shares by uncaring institutions , and provision of debt by distant banks and capital markets , mean that the takeover is the only means of managerial discipline . |
| 18 | Though the 39-year-old Briton has not appeared there previously , it is similar to the Australian Grand Prix circuit in Adelaide , where he competed only four months ago . |
| 19 | The companion galaxy in this system is a very modest dwarf , and the host galaxy itself is similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud , a companion to our own Milky Way Galaxy . |
| 20 | This study seems to refute the hypothesis that CLO is an end stage disease occurring in old patients with longer histories of reflux because of age , sex ratio , and duration of symptoms is similar to the severe reflus oesophagitis group . |
| 21 | This behaviour is similar to the observed evolution of the mean temperature in the lower stratosphere during 1984 and 1989 . |
| 22 | Yes , very much so in fact , and in this sort of thing the local trend is similar to the national trend . |
| 23 | It is similar to the nursing agency arrangement but is preferable because the Health Authority is able to be more selective about whom it employs . |
| 24 | The distinction here between two different views of nature — one , harmonious , one exploitative — is similar to the instrumental/expressive distinction used by Hudson . |
| 25 | This is similar to the old traditions associated with making magical tools . |
| 26 | In recent years the government has returned to announcing interest rate changes , and thus the current system is similar to the old MLR system . |
| 27 | This is similar to the contaminating presence of a man , however sympathetic , in a woman 's group , or an education tutor in a staffroom , as teachers talk about changing their practice . |
| 28 | This is similar to the growing pains that we have as children and will soon pass . |
| 29 | This animal has a similar diet , the colon has a caecum similar to man , and the anatomy is similar at the microscopic level . |