Example sentences of "similar [prep] [det] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also Mississippi Valley Type ( MVT ) mineralisation which is very similar in many respects to Pennine-style . |
| 2 | Far from being a ‘ disease of the mind ’ , as was once supposed , schizophrenia can now be regarded as an ‘ organic ’ disorder similar in many respects to Parkinson 's and Alzheimer 's diseases , in which pathological changes and abnormalities are more easily identifiable . |
| 3 | In the words of F. H. Bradley — someone who held views similar in many respects to Oakeshott — if we abstract those features which result from social context the exercise becomes ‘ a theoretical attempt to isolate what can not be isolated ’ . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the move to Easingwold , a small market town that was similar in many ways to Pocklington but with fewer saddlers , was a beneficial one , for the family certainly did better once they were there . |
| 5 | The task being undertaken here is similar in many ways to Paasi 's ( 1986 ) exploration of the parameters of a region . |
| 6 | The land into which the Russians advanced was similar in many ways to Canada in terms of terrain , climate and natural vegetation . |
| 7 | It is probably similar in many ways to diets you have seen or ready about before , but there are some very important differences . |
| 8 | The disease caused by H. placei or H. similis , the latter possessing a characteristic vulval flap ( Fig. 15 ) , is similar in most respects to haemonchosis in sheep and is important in the tropics and subtropics during seasonal rains when severe outbreaks may occur . |
| 9 | But since the examination is testing what skills you have developed over time , the passage is likely to be similar in some way to passages which you have seen . |
| 10 | As the Soviets became involved in a long struggle with Afghan guerrillas , similar in some respects to America 's involvement in Vietnam , Carter began to take punitive measures against Moscow but without fully consulting his NATO allies . |
| 11 | Similar in some ways to clairvoyance , but it mainly involves communicating with somebody else without using normal senses . |
| 12 | Berkshire is very similar in this respect to Wiltshire : on an average about one acre in four enclosed by private act , but rising on the chalk downs to more than one in two . |