Example sentences of "[be] similar to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ABV of a beer may be similar to its OG — for example 3.6% ABV and 1036%degree ; OG but the ABV can be higher or lower than the OG according to the amount of sugar left in the finished beer . |
| 2 | Those on the input will be similar to what the standard Buck topology requires ; those on the output(s) could be made smaller , though the reduction is limited by the need to keep enough capacitance to absorb fast load transients . |
| 3 | The new breed of civil justices would be similar to JPs in the criminal field but would act as arbitrators in county courts . |
| 4 | If airlines can fly wherever and whenever they want to after the EC 's liberalisation of aviation , experience will be similar to that of the United States , where empirical work suggests the market is ‘ imperfectly contestable ’ . |
| 5 | This would be similar to the one the Community signed with America covering political and cultural co-operation as well as trade . |
| 6 | For AMS , the upper age limit is determined by other factors such as machine stability and the degree of modern contamination introduced in the processing of very small samples ; the values tend to be similar to those for conventional radiocarbon laboratories . |
| 7 | One answer could be that , where the damage is caused by fire , the consequent danger to life may be similar to that created by an explosion , and the inferences may be the same : who could cause such a fire in such a place without appreciating the danger to others ? |
| 8 | It should be noted that an organizational type unrepresented so far is the reputedly widespread model whereby there is informal specialization by client group through weighted caseloads ( which may or may not be similar to the model exemplified by Team C ) ; and that it may not be easy to find many examples of the Team A type . |
| 9 | However , it is envisaged that technical guidance will be given in an Approved Document , which will be available when the act comes into force — this will be similar to the procedure adopted with the Building Regulations . |
| 10 | Where the operation has been performed but some degree of brain damage has occurred , the child will be similar to one with cerebral palsy . |
| 11 | Provisions for stock control should be similar to those applied to food stocks . |
| 12 | I have personally received an assurance from the AAA General Committee that the management powers granted to road running will be similar to those given to cross-country , including control over championships and team selection etc . |
| 13 | Christian Hosoi , who was meant to be getting some sort of subsidiary company through Vision , is now working to get a sub-company set up through H Street : this will eventually be similar to Chris Miller 's Planet Earth . |
| 14 | Every surveyor develops his own sequence of inspection to ensure that all relevant parts of the property are examined closely and that their inter-relationship is considered ; his system will probably be similar to that described in more detail in Chapter 7 . |
| 15 | Their requirements may be similar to those of others , but at present the vast majority of goods and services on offer are only designed to be user-friendly for fit , athletic members of MENSA ! |
| 16 | Rural clients ' problems can therefore be seen to be similar to their city counterparts , but the rural advisers ' problems are different . |
| 17 | The prevalence rate of hypercholesterolaemia in diabetics has been reported to be similar to the non-diabetic population , that is from 8 per cent to as high as 52 per cent ( Hayes , 1972 ) . |
| 18 | If the general approach is fairly robust , it ought to be that the relationship between population and land cover is fairly stable , so that we would expect the model coefficients to be similar to those obtained from the ward data . |
| 19 | Euro-dollar business booked in IBFs while not strictly ‘ foreign ’ will be similar to business booked in foreign branches of US banks in London or elsewhere . |
| 20 | The teeth also were found to be similar to the condition described after 29 months weathering : for a sample of 31 teeth , 25.8 per cent were split ( Fig. 1.6A , B ) and 9.7 per cent were chipped ( Fig. 1.6E ) ; 34.8 per cent of the incisors were broken . |
| 21 | In fact , our ‘ middle-class ’ witches appear to be similar to the Canaanites ( see p. 56 ) , whom God roundly condemned . |
| 22 | The services can be similar to those of orthodox Christianity , except they are led by mediums , and the sermon is often replaced by a seance . |
| 23 | These oolites are likely to be similar to those present in Rustenburg-l , where a thin unit of cross-bedded oolitic grainstones about 2 m in thickness , is present at the base of the platform sequence ( Fig. 28 ) . |
| 24 | The level of technology required would be similar to that of drilled emplacement . |
| 25 | The development of its taste for small water creatures as a main ingredient in its omnivorous diet may be similar to the trend that occurred in our own ancient ancestors during the intermediate stage on the way to becoming the first hunting primates . |
| 26 | Portuguese , although appearing to be similar to Spanish on paper , is pronounced completely differently , and so despite the fact that we could communicate in French and Spanish , we could not make ourselves understood in Portuguese other than to ask , ‘ Fala ingles ? — do you speak English ? ’ |
| 27 | Then declare to the steward before starting to warm up , which should be similar to that described for showjumping in last month 's article . |
| 28 | For one of the most important discoveries of the twentieth century was the fact that some molecules in space actually appeared to be similar to those that make up amino acids . |
| 29 | One could easily imagine that a visit by Dustin to Anne 's parents in Westchester would be similar to the scene in Annie Hall when Woody Allen has Easter dinner with his girlfriend 's cold and formal WASP family , who he imagines see him as a rabbi . |
| 30 | The relationship between the homoeopathic potency and the original starting material may be similar to the relationship between an antigen and its specific antibody . |