Example sentences of "be [adv] similar to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Machilidae the gonangulum has not evolved , so that the appendages of the genital segments are rather similar to those of the pregenital region of the abdomen , with the gonapophyses corresponding in position to the eversible vesicles ( see p. 435 ) . |
| 2 | These radar and optical data are rather similar to corresponding data for the Moon . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the basic directions of economic reform are rather similar to Hungary , though the initial position is quite different , in that Yugoslavia already had long experience of worker-managed firms as well as a high degree of monetary mismanagement ( including a spell of hyperinflation ) resulting from inability of the country 's federal structure to impose monetary discipline . |
| 4 | The tone and innuendo are strikingly similar to that of Sir Almroth Wright , who opposed women 's suffrage in 1913 and who wrote within an entirely different scientific discourse . |
| 5 | The old-fashioned backdrop painted with its winking windows had been remarkably similar to this view , his view . |
| 6 | Often Dawson 's ideas are remarkably similar to those of Eliot . |
| 7 | Besides , many of the government 's constitutional ideas are remarkably similar to those of Mr Mandela 's African National Congress ( ANC ) : both would apparently be happy with universal suffrage , proportional representation , and an independent judiciary to enforce a bill of rights . |
| 8 | These arguments are given some strength when we realise that the claims being made for English language by Lyons are remarkably similar to those being made for other aspects of English in general , or of English class culture in particular , by other writers . |
| 9 | So the results for the sales strategy are remarkably similar to the results for the output strategy : the subjects were not taking the time ( the period ) into account on the first repetition — as they should have been — but there were on the second repetition . |
| 10 | In addition to these modest connections with the pavement from Gloucester , however , the latter also possesses a structure and character which are remarkably similar to those of the mosaic from Kingscote ( PI . |
| 11 | But when recognised as an interpretation of top weighting , their methods are basically similar to those of fine artists who seek monumentality in their works . |
| 12 | Some of the individual steps in the process are sufficiently similar to those going on in mitochondria to suggest a common origin . |
| 13 | The parameters one will use to decide where to place an order are somewhat similar to choosing which holiday and which brochure . |
| 14 | The most primitive representatives are extremely similar to the insectivores . |
| 15 | Medical research has also put pressure on chimpanzee and cotton-top tamarin populations , many are captured live and exported for experimentation because biologically they are so similar to humans . |
| 16 | Agonists are substances which are so similar to a specific neurotransmitter they can occupy that neurotransmitter 's receptor perfectly . |
| 17 | The geological settings are generally similar to those of the Irish deposits . |
| 18 | The coefficients are generally similar to those in ( 2.2 ) , although the standard error has fallen slightly and the impact effect from a given change in wealth is some 12% smaller . |
| 19 | Dawson and Smith also recognized that some of the veined and pervasively metasomatized peridotite xenoliths from the Bultfontein Floors mine dumps at Kimberley have replacement mineral compositions that are broadly similar to those of the MARID suite ( although the relationship between the two is not simple and some important chemical distinctions remain , possibly reflecting different degrees of interaction between veins and peridotite wall rocks ) . |
| 20 | In the second instance , in spite of the presence of the intercalating chromophore and linker chain , both of which lead to an increase in binding site size , the blockages induced by the tethered complexes are broadly similar to those caused by cisplatin , 7 , PtenCl 2 , 1 , and PtpropCl 2 , 4 as most high intensity blockages occurred at runs of two or more G's on the template strand . |
| 21 | It is at once clear from Figure 5.2 that the PFM graph is a different shape from those of the three planets , which are broadly similar to each other . |
| 22 | Terms and conditions are broadly similar to those of book publishers with two major differences , cards have VAT levied on them and card publishers only recommend a retail price . |
| 23 | This finding is strengthened by the fact that the general results from this study in which all films showed unfamiliar junctions are broadly similar to those from the previous two studies in which most of the junctions were previously known by the subjects . |
| 24 | ( Many of the findings in this study are broadly similar to those of Johnes 1990 ) . |
| 25 | Continental-margin orogens and continental-margin island arcs are broadly similar to intra-oceanic island arcs in their tectonic setting . |
| 26 | As a measure of the way British politics has strutted to the right over the past decade , the policies of the SNP are now considered radical , although they are broadly similar to those of the Heath school of one-nation Conservatism ! |
| 27 | The Selvagens are geologically similar to Porto Santo . |
| 28 | Tree belts are usually regarded as ineffective barriers to noise because they are superficially similar to a layer of porous material — they are full of holes through which sound is transmitted very efficiently . |
| 29 | They 're largely similar to the Christmas versions but minus the fruitcake and cards and plus beach bags and sun hats . |
| 30 | About 60 years ago , one of the cuckoo 's main hosts was the Siberian meadow bunting , but it has become very good at recognising and rejecting the cuckoo 's eggs , despite the fact that they 're very similar to its own . |