Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [vb pp] [prep] similar " in BNC.

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1 Merton was dismayed that Mannheim distinguished between ‘ cultural science ’ and ‘ exact science ’ ; for Merton they should be treated as similar forms of knowledge because they are based on equivalent epistemologies .
2 ‘ Did you then suggest to the management team that , although the administrative assistants were arguing for party with the statistical clerks , reference should be made to similar groups in the private sector ? ’
3 It may reach 200mm in length and should be kept with similar sized companions .
4 Degree exams should be reformed on similar lines .
5 In Britain also , there is recognition that the progress that has been made in the last fifteen years in increasing the pool of professionally-trained social workers must be matched by similar efforts to upgrade the skills of the paraprofessional work force if the quality of social service provision is to be adequate .
6 TAILSPIN : Looked likely to be unplaced in Double Dutch 's race at Ascot , but finished powerfully to take third place and must be followed in similar company .
7 Moves to overhaul the income tax system must be accompanied by similar changes in wealth taxation .
8 Local authorities , housing associations , community groups , government agencies , private developers and building societies were all represented at the launch , where they were told how Middlesbroughwrought experience and expertise could be applied to similar schemes nationwide , with the SkillBuilding social enterprise company offering guidance on planning , funding , construction and long-term management and also able to act as developer or sub-contractor .
9 Such patients could be matched with similar HCWs in the same area .
10 The possibility that natural communities could be visualized in similar terms occurred to many biologists in the later decades of the century , thus providing an incentive to study the interactions upon which the whole network depended .
11 If the procedure succeeds , Carly will be able to lead a normal life , offering hope to thousands of sufferers with diseases like cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy who could be cured by similar techniques .
12 These are my preferences , but many other professional art materials could be substituted with similar results .
13 These are my preferences , but many other professional art materials could be substituted with similar results .
14 Even within the same series of experimental trials opposite field superiorities may be obtained for similar stimuli processed in different ways .
15 Hart 's account of law may be interpreted in similar fashion .
16 He assumed that all animal bones would be broken by similar stresses , so he took into account the ‘ peak forces ’ as approximating to the body weight .
17 Because there are no appreciable differences among the sites in soil organic matter content , exchangeable Ca , Mg , Al or K , N mineralization , growing season soil moisture content , canopy leaf area , litterfall mass or N , we hypothesized that fine root length would be lost at similar rates in both forests .
18 On the nights he was in , the house would be stuffed with similar spotty friends who 'd be staying the night with us .
19 These improvements are expected to become available in the summer , and will be followed by similar modifications for the Piper Arrow .
20 It is to be hoped that these commendably practical volumes will be followed by similar ones , particularly for the later period styles .
21 Comparisons will be made with similar studies in other parts of the UK to find out the effects of particular local conditions .
22 The board in this sense will be moved by similar considerations to those which affect a court in deciding whether to grant an injunction ex parte .
23 The results will be compared to similar exercises being carried out in other European Community countries .
24 In order to compensate for this it would be worth exploring the effects of using , say , under 65 years standardised mortality ratio for men and under 75 years standardised mortality ratio for women , which will be based on similar numbers of deaths .
25 When Ikeda in 1979 performed a stability analysis starting from the full Maxwell-Bloch equations , with propagation effects included { 22 } , he discovered an apparently distinct family of instabilities , and indeed chaotic behaviour , which will be the dominant topic of the remainder of this section ( as Lugiato { 26 } has pointed out , these phenomena are not actually distinct from the Bonifacio-Lugiato instabilities , and can be analysed by similar methods ) .
26 In the field of clinical linguistics , there are many conditions which , it is often assumed , have similar causes and which can be treated in similar ways .
27 ApoR2 and the active R2 protein can be crystallized under similar conditions at pH6.0 ( ref. 7 ) .
28 The rationale underpinning Procedure Audit , therefore , is that a conceptual model of a chosen procedure can be constructed on similar lines to that of the SSM , which , after checking with the formal systems model , can be compared with the real situation to determine where changes are appropriate , taking account of defined measures of performance .
29 However , in the case of the Camerons ' battling Yorkies , diagnosis is more clear-cut and the initial stages of treatment , at least , can be applied to similar cases with a good chance of producing improvements .
30 Not only is this episode interesting in itself , but it also contains important lessons which can be applied to similar attempts at implementing Marxism within a democratic framework .
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