Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] similar to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some respects these accounts are similar to those in the experimental situation where key characteristics were found to be a common strategy . |
| 2 | The SJ lamps are similar to incandescents as regards colour appearance and colour rendering . |
| 3 | They have a very similar pattern of elements — the humerus is like the femur the fingers are similar to the toes — but the detailed form is clearly very different . |
| 4 | The evidence suggests that lone fathers are more likely to work than lone mothers ; indeed their working hours are similar to those of fathers in two parent families . |
| 5 | Working hours are similar to our own and the factory workers enjoy a high standard of living . |
| 6 | The carbon tax proposals are similar to those mooted by the EC [ see ED 51 ] , which have been shelved in the wake of opposition from industry . |
| 7 | These latter values are similar to those from 40 additional subjects studied since April 1989 ( 0.5 to 10 mol/L ) . |
| 8 | Finally , the guidance stresses that the test checks are similar to those in other parts of the SAR and would not lead the accountant to check , for example , the appropriateness of investments made in respect of the trust . |
| 9 | Conclusions based on OECD surveys indicate that UK public expenditure patterns are similar to those in most other advanced industrialized countries , although inferences drawn from international surveys must be treated with caution . |
| 10 | Most of the rules are similar to those fore pure dressage , discussed earlier , but grakle nosebands are allowed and whips are not . |
| 11 | The rules are similar to professional weightlifting , but competitors use only the upper part of their bodies , keeping their head , shoulders , buttocks and heels on the bench at all times . |
| 12 | Whether despite this revolution in design the cellular mechanisms required for learning and memory in invertebrates are similar to or radically different from those in vertebrates is an issue which is still unresolved in research terms , and one which will occupy some of the discussion of the following chapter . |
| 13 | Collocations are similar to dictionary definitions inasmuch as they can be expressed as a headword followed by a list of semantically related words . |
| 14 | Specialist series : These programmes are similar to the specialist programmes on TV . |
| 15 | These graphs are similar to those obtained by Hirschowitz et al and by Blair et al who compared G17 dose-response curves in patients with ulcers and control subjects , after normalising for differences in park acid secretion rates ; the only difference between the two groups of patients was under basal conditions . |
| 16 | Drying times are similar to oil paint and all types of oils and mediums formulated for use with conventional tube oil colours can be combined with this product . |
| 17 | These views are similar to those of Heyer , Roberts and Williams ( 1981 ) who discuss rather broader issues of rural development . |
| 18 | In his two books on the subject he describes the importance of ‘ good sitting habits ’ in maintaining a healthy spine and body ; his views are similar to those taught by Alexander himself . |
| 19 | These characteristics are similar to the characteristics of Nottinghamshire practices as a whole . |
| 20 | These guidelines are similar to those in the original 1973 Act and apply to sale and supply contracts by virtue of s11(2) of UCTA 1977 . |
| 21 | Overgrowth cements on feldspars and carbonate echinoderm fragments are similar to quartz overgrowth cements in that they contain few or no inclusions or are commonly in optical continuity with the parent grain ( Fig. 5.27a , b ) . |
| 22 | The tools used for the dissection of the style of actionbooks are similar to those found in the previous chapter and include a comprehensive analysis of lexis ( " the machoman 's lexicon " ) , and a discussion of Relation types ( " intensive " versus " extensive " style ) and other narrative elements . |
| 23 | Several of these sequences are similar to the HSV-1 Vmw175 binding consensus , although numerous differences in binding characteristics between the homologous VZV 140k and HSV-1 Vmw175 DNA binding domain peptides have been identified . |
| 24 | Hundreds of villages containing oppressed Jews were similar to Anatevka ( which featured in the wonderful movie Fiddler on the Roof ) . |
| 25 | Mickey Rourke was a possibility because his eyes were similar to Alan 's . |
| 26 | The success with probabilistic methods is similar to that being found in other areas of NLP . |
| 27 | The work they do with clients is similar to the routine surveillance and monitoring , and the " management of daily living " which is part of the training and tradition of CMHNs . |
| 28 | If the experience in other districts is similar to that in West Cumbria , a mortality from asthma of 2000 asthma deaths a year nationally is probably much too high . |
| 29 | Scott 's design for the Foreign and India Offices was similar to his successful competition entry . |
| 30 | The mixture of praise and criticism for general practitioners ' care of people in residential homes was similar to comments about their care of others during the last year of their lives . |