Example sentences of "similarities to " in BNC.
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| 1 | However hard modern choreographers may try there are bound to be similarities to older ballets because their vocabulary is not limitless . |
| 2 | The system outlined by Lord Donaldson , a man not known for his left tendencies , bears marked similarities to those operated in a number of eastern bloc countries . |
| 3 | For some while , the trip has had uncomfortable similarities to the Soviet leader 's visit to China last May , when the presence of the man who incarnates reform in the Communist world served as a combustible in the ‘ Peking Spring ’ that was to be forcibly suppressed a fortnight later . |
| 4 | In fact , the sperm whale ( one of the toothed whales ) boasts the largest brain on the planet , and in many dolphins , the arrangement and complexity of the brain and nervous system show striking similarities to those of humans . |
| 5 | Furthermore , the public is told that ail similarities to dolphins are purely coincidental . |
| 6 | The selection process is not unlike that for a giant multinational corporation , and those who win through have some similarities to corporate executives . |
| 7 | Carbenoxolone was the market leader for about 10 years but its structural similarities to the steroid hormone aldosterone was probably responsible for side-effects such as weight gain , oedema ( accumulation of fluid in tissues ) , hypokalaemia ( potassium loss ) and hypertension found in some patients . |
| 8 | Similarities to chimpanzees must have included many expressions of emotionality and emotional control , complex communication , and vegetarianism combined with some hunting for meat organized among young males . |
| 9 | Australia 's native animals are mostly marsupial , and — as always show marvellous similarities to the placental mammals of other continents . |
| 10 | The Latin American working class has its similarities to and differences from the working class in other Third world areas . |
| 11 | Her poetry does not approach a ‘ myth of rural catastrophe ’ , though her description of an emptied landscape has similarities to the stance taken by Goldsmith : |
| 12 | Chlamydial infection was thus shown to have similarities to gonorrhoea in this respect . |
| 13 | Cytomegalovirus ( CMV ) is a virus with many similarities to the herpes virus . |
| 14 | One of Hardy 's unexecuted church designs , showing the influence of High Victorianism , and apparent similarities to the new church at Fawley , Berkshire — the original home of his paternal grandmother , and the inspiration for Marygreen in Jude the Obscure . |
| 15 | It shows strong stylistic similarities to other medieval romances , in particular the Chansons de Geste of Charlemagne and the Song of Roland . |
| 16 | The Muslim faith has many similarities to that of the fundamentalist Free Presbyterian Church whose last stronghold is on the Isle of Lewis . |
| 17 | This is a pattern that has some similarities to the breakage produced by predators , due mainly to the abundance of isolated teeth , but the absence of mandibles and the good preservation of the major limb bones are points of difference . |
| 18 | There are psychic similarities to many Gospel events whether it be the dreams and visions of Zechariah ( Luke 1 and 2 ) ; the foreknowledge of Elizabeth concerning Mary 's baby ( Luke 1 ) ; Jesus knowing what was in people 's minds ( Luke 11:17 ) ; or the predicative prophecies of Jesus ( Luke 19:39–44 ) . |
| 19 | Instead , some institutionalized system of representation may be required , with some similarities to the ‘ corporate bias ’ identified by Middlemas ( 1979 ) at national level , and discussed in Chapter 2 . |
| 20 | They all have structural similarities to the nucleotide building blocks of DNA ( or RNA ) , allowing them to interfere with the replication of viral genetic material . |
| 21 | Ureilites bear some similarities to certain ultramafic rocks from the Earth 's lower crust or upper mantle . |
| 22 | The suggested version has similarities to Postman 's Knock , too , with a couple having to spend at least one minute observing before they are allowed back into the room . |
| 23 | The presence of these genera suggests that conditions on the waste ground — which include intermittent disturbance , little grazing , low competition between species , and unleached soil — must have similarities to those in Britain 10 000 years ago . |
| 24 | Overall , the TRRL Urban Safety Project has some similarities to the six German model city schemes in that it is specifically area-wide in scope and it does attempt an appraisal of a variety of schemes . |
| 25 | There seems to have been a generally similar scheme of attack , if similarities to the Kentish experience are anything to go by . |
| 26 | THE murder of Johanna Young has chilling similarities to the killing of another 14-year-old girl in the same area 16 years ago . |
| 27 | And the designers have built in reassuring similarities to the products you know and love , such as the ‘ Lotus Classic ’ menu option in Lotus for Windows , which lets you go on using the familiar ‘ / ’ method to bring up menus , until you get used to the state-of-the-art stuff . |
| 28 | ‘ Archie Gemmill , the reserve team coach , would in many ways provide similarities to Cloughie . |
| 29 | However , there are some important similarities to which attention also needs to be drawn , especially in relation to the second aspect of the definition , what it describes . |
| 30 | It is interesting to note that such detailed diagrams have similarities to the Petri nets of Furuta and Stotts [ 6 ] . |