Example sentences of "[verb] are like " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instructions provide a generative programme , the folding and unfolding are like the contractions and changes in contact in cell sheets in the embryo . |
| 2 | The kind of songs I sit there and enjoy singing are like ‘ Eternal Flame ’ , songs that have rich melodies . ’ |
| 3 | The low hills you can see are like islands surrounded by the marsh . |
| 4 | So long as it maintains the idea that believers talking to unbelievers are like people explaining to the blind what it is like to see , reason may be tolerated . |
| 5 | What Labour Members say makes it sound as though they do not want parents to know what the schools that their children are attending are like . |
| 6 | IN THE course of our lives , events take place , with which the passage of time , we come to realise are like milestones ; they have pointed us in a new direction , often posing a challenge which in the providence of God , when accepted , leads us deeper into his life and service . |
| 7 | Between the farmhouse mob and the purveyors of alcoholic lemonade is a hinterland inhabited by giants such as Dixie of Bristol , who used to travel West Country fairs selling his wares from a thatched Ford Transit van ; and Dunkertons which produces subtle , bright and preservative-free ciders that even the Boy Nigel admits are like the real thing , only better . |
| 8 | Speech and speechreading are like the heavenly twins . |
| 9 | Whereas appellant and appellate have two l s , appealed , appealing are like sealed , sealing , peeled , peeling , and have only one . |
| 10 | Vol au vents are like pastry . |
| 11 | So the pictures you see are like it sometimes happens . |
| 12 | This crypt-room is so stuffy , the walls squeeze in , I 'm listening for him as I write , the thoughts I have are like bad drawings . |