Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] a similar " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Associativity has a similar explanation except that the required depolarization is provided by a different set of afferent fibres ; in theory , these ‘ helper ’ inputs could use any neurotransmitter that promotes depolarization , and , experimentally , depolarization is often provided by injecting current into the cell . |
| 2 | The course has a similar structure to the HND Design ( Communication ) , but there is a choice of emphasis between Graphics and Product Design . |
| 3 | Chorus has a similar deal with Thomson CSF SA for the Inmos Transputer , and plans to team with other chip manufacturers . |
| 4 | Chorus has a similar deal with Thomson CSF for the Inmos transputer , and plans to partner with other chip manufacturers . |
| 5 | Celeriac : this knobbly root vegetable has a similar flavour to celery . |
| 6 | At this point Freud is closer to Max Weber 's theory , where the charismatic figure plays a similar role in creating change . |
| 7 | This chapter encourages a similar degree of growth and awareness in your sexuality and your ability to create and to sustain good sexual relations with others . |
| 8 | In the West country waterside living offers a similar breadth of choice , and with the market approaching its low water mark , now might be the time to take the plunge . |
| 9 | Peak power is up a useful 20bhp to 189bhp at 5900rpm while torque receives a similar hike to 177lb ft at 4700rpm . |
| 10 | One side has a similar effect to deep black crushed velvet but with a slight sheen , the reverse has a rough pile effect painted in a choice of brown , blue or grey . |
| 11 | The drowning British electorate has a similar experience , but it sees the future rather than the past . |
| 12 | While the trio are about to add another voice to their repertoire , this cut acknowledges a similar knowing quality to that which has become the stock in trade of the Pet Shop Boys . |
| 13 | Tarrow finds a similar pattern in his study of centre-periphery relations in France and Italy |
| 14 | Said to be the most important such Riviera sale since that of the collection of American socialite Florence Gould , the Pasha auction reflects a similar sort of taste . |
| 15 | A more traditional industry gives a similar account : J & J Cash of Coventry has been weaving name tapes on narrow measures of cloth since 1902 . |
| 16 | The entertainments industry faces a similar peak of approximately the same duration and timing . |
| 17 | Longshot offers a similar package at the renowned Quinta do Lago estate from £248 a person for as many nights . |
| 18 | My Fiat Panda has a similar ignition fault which I have diagnosed to be a disengaged starter motor . |
| 19 | I note that the approved structure plan contains a similar sort of approach to York , I E its need is greater than its capacity and the policy in the approved plan recognizes that some of the provision will not be in York itself . |
| 20 | Mr and Mrs Ward heard on a television programme about a couple whose child has a similar problem being helped by a specialist clinic in Boston , USA . |
| 21 | The FAA has a similar duty in the USA , as have equivalent organisations in almost every country throughout the world . |
| 22 | The welfare principle in the Children Act replaces a similar provision contained in previous legislation now repealed . |
| 23 | Federman pursues a similar scepticism but with more robust results . |
| 24 | As we shall see , much quantitative syntactic work shows a similar tendency to take account of ( and indeed sometimes concentrate on ) linguistic rather than social constraints on variation . |
| 25 | The new Act adopts a similar approach to the Sale of Goods Act in respect of description , merchantable quality and fitness for purpose of goods , but applies it to : |
| 26 | Tizard puts a similar , though less emphatic , case in Adoption : A Second Chance , which reports a study that compared children in institutional care in early life who were subsequently adopted , with similar children who were restored to their natural parent . |
| 27 | The Egyptian press campaign follows a similar outbreak of dssent in Pakistan , where the government decreed recently that a number of named Gulf rulers were exempt from a 10-year ban on houbara hunting . |
| 28 | The short-eared owl assemblage shows a similar discrepancy , and this is due to just one of the pellet samples having an excess of incisors , the incisors of the other sample and the molars of both samples being in deficit . |
| 29 | Though bloodier and more complex , the Bosnian war fits a similar pattern . |
| 30 | Every culture in Britain at the moment has a similar philosophy as far as size goes : if you want to look good , be desirable , you 've got to be thin . |