Example sentences of "[noun sg] that like " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most depressing is the decline of Nottingham Forest , a side that like Spurs , Manchester United , West Ham and Chelsea in the past , look like discovering that being ‘ too good to go down ’ is one of soccer 's enduring myths . |
| 2 | The Hancock in the Russell Collection ( now in Edinburgh ) has been joined by the Francis Coston an instrument that like the Tisseran has a gorgeously painted soundboard . |
| 3 | There is , however , a danger that like the discussion of the SEM noted above , the details of the spatial impact of this process below the level of the nation state will simply be obscured by considerations of the aggregate impact on member countries . |
| 4 | So every now and again , we 've mentioned this on the morning show before , every now and again along comes a song that like everybody here at says , Oh is n't that just brilliant . |
| 5 | After lunch in a sheltered spot in the garden she 'd vetoed the idea of going sailing , despite Rune 's assurance that like many Danes he was a competent sportsman on the water , enjoying water-skiing and sailboarding as well as yachting . |
| 6 | From the results of these studies , he enunciated the principle that like cures like . |
| 7 | The therapy works on the principle that like cures like . |
| 8 | Recep Demir , a 42-year-old Munich-based Turk , admitted at his trial last year that like many of his associates he had used Germany to hide the origins of his drug money by inventing a string of fake businesses . |
| 9 | And we all nodded at him : the man of finance , the man of accounts , the man of law , we all nodded at him over the polished table that like a still sheet of brown water reflected our faces , lined , wrinkled ; our faces marked by toil , by deceptions , by success , by love ; our weary eyes looking still , looking always , looking anxiously for something out of life , that while it is expected is already gone — has passed unseen , in a sigh , in a flash — together with the youth , with the strength , with the romance of illusions . |
| 10 | ( The principle of justice that like cases should be treated alike is also relevant here . ) |
| 11 | His eyes kept looking away over one of my shoulders or the other , never meeting my gaze , and I got the impression that like his wife he was constantly waiting for something important to happen , expecting someone to arrive at any moment , as though they both could n't believe what had happened and it was all a dream or a ghastly joke and they were just waiting for Clare to come gangling through the front door , kicking off muddy green wellies and loudly demanding tea . |