Example sentences of "[vb -s] like a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first glance it looks like a straightforward consequence of overaccumulation ( chapter 11 ) . |
| 2 | Seen from its ten o'clock , the Apache looks like a modern twin of the late Fifties . |
| 3 | Figure 2 in the paper looks like a classic example of unilateral reflux nephropathy rather than chronic pyelonephritis . |
| 4 | The mosaic of the cut looks like a great distribution of attractive holes . |
| 5 | Several pieces published nationally in recent months have commented on the ‘ discjunkie ’ / ‘ discophile ’ / ‘ recordophile ’ and hopefully I have some of their characteristics : ‘ respectable ’ / ‘ intelligent ’ / ‘ almost always male ’ / ‘ almost always over 30 ’ / ‘ looks like a solid member of the professional classes ’ / ‘ knows a thing or two about wine ’ / ‘ videos obscure foreign films on Channel 4 ’ etc . |
| 6 | It looks like a souped-up version of Skylab , the orbiting laboratory that NASA launched with a Saturn V moon-rocket after the Apollo programme had been curtailed . |
| 7 | Thus what looks like a perfect example of a ‘ horns of a dilemma ’ structure , turns out not to be so — it was a game that could have been played two or three lessons or ten lessons later . |
| 8 | There are , however , many cases in which differentiation occurs within what at first looks like a homogeneous sheet of tissue . |
| 9 | It certainly looks like a friendly Mickey-take of old rubber lips . |
| 10 | Now , in the courtship of many species of ducks ( see Figure 1.8 , p. 16 ) , the male points his bill towards his back feathers in what looks like a stylized modification of preening . |
| 11 | She looks like a double helping of pink blancmange , and about as exciting . |
| 12 | His voice , which sounds like a male version of Dietrich 's , trips over itself when he is trying to communicate one of his many enthusiasms . |
| 13 | Sounds like a sudden burst of co-operation between the world 's tractor makers ? |
| 14 | To argue that this is always and necessarily a result of ‘ conditioning ’ sounds like a feminist version of ‘ I do n't know what you housewives do all day ’ . |
| 15 | But equally they may include or consist of creating a fantasy world or series of events or actions , or indeed creatures , higher or lower forms of life , so that disbelief is temporarily suspended , and the fantasy seems like a different kind of reality , often momentarily preferable to the spectator 's actual experience . |
| 16 | Oh I 've got a handful of bloody pairs here , wait a minute got fo I 've only got three feels like a bloody handful of them ! |
| 17 | Never less than thoroughly fascinating , the production is dominated by Ian McKellen 's extraordinary Iago , a performance which feels like a shifting palimpsest of impersonations . |
| 18 | During such seizures , Great Britain feels like a queer sort of Empire again . |
| 19 | Suddenly stopping the drug may result in acute " withdrawal " effects such as delirium tremens for alcohol or " cold turkey " ( which feels like a bad bout of influenza ) for heroin . |
| 20 | Most of Let Us Face the Future reads like a prospective history of the immediate post-war period . |