Example sentences of "similar in [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is similar in type to the Czech Pied and to the Aosta Red Pied of Italy , and is related to the Montbéliard . |
| 2 | It is similar in type to the Simmental , though more elegantly built and the coat colour bright red rather than yellowish tan , and it shares the same origins in the old Bernese brought in by Mennonites during the eighteenth century ( see Alpine section ) . |
| 3 | But it is useful anyway to speculate about possible findings and so some possible explanations ; the characters who use irony might be similar in type to Austen herself ( in class , gender , age ) ; or they might be the characters who function as heroes and heroines in the novels . |
| 4 | I it 's it 's very similar in properties to saltpetre , and it comes from Chile . |
| 5 | These small plateaux , covered in basaltic lavas , are similar in formation to that of Paúl da Serra to the west of the central mass . |
| 6 | Geologically the Desertas are similar in formation to the volcanic rocks of the Machico area ( post-Pliocene ) from which they are separated by a channel 50–100m deep . |
| 7 | He has measured noble gases trapped within the meteorites and found them similar in composition to the Martian atmosphere analysed by NASA 's Viking landers . |
| 8 | But it is , in fact , a form of protein called keratin , similar in composition to our finger and toenails . |
| 9 | This solution is similar in composition to adult cholera stool . |
| 10 | As Gloucester used to be a major droving centre , there was inevitably much crossing with various Welsh types and the Gloucester 's slender , white , dark-tipped horns , spreading quite wide and tilting upwards at the tip , are often similar in style to those of the Welsh , though more refined and a little shorter . |
| 11 | He was described as being a fine back player and had a splendid defence , similar in style to the legendary Fuller Pilch . |
| 12 | The new breakfast news station is expected to be similar in style to the TV-am format and much less formal than the BBC 's rigid Breakfast News show . |
| 13 | For example the clergy , the landed gentry and freemen of livery companies and trade guilds would qualify for a funeral similar in style to those organized by the College of Arms for members of the peerage . |
| 14 | A smaller kouros , a modern forgery similar in style to the Getty Kouros and acquired by the Museum in 1990 for study purposes will also be included . |
| 15 | This information has been used to draw up magnetic maps , similar in style to contour maps . |
| 16 | On the redemption of a feuduty it is always open to parties to execute a deed similar in style to the Discharge provided for in Schedule B referred to above . |
| 17 | Analogy means that the events being investigated are essentially similar in kind to those of which we ourselves have direct experience . |
| 18 | It is similar in kind to US dollar commercial paper which has been issued in the United States for many years . |
| 19 | A mulberry is very similar in shape to a loganberry , but its taste is unique . |
| 20 | The possibilities become more interesting when we begin to ask questions such as ‘ What objects in this database are similar in shape to this one ? ’ . |
| 21 | Suppose now that we wish to search the database for axes similar in shape to some given axe . |
| 22 | The cross itself , red in colour , is similar in shape to the Iron Cross given to U-boat commanders and is worn , as they wore it , on the left breast . |
| 23 | Another pretty Rasbora which comes exclusively from Sri Lanka , and is somewhat similar in shape to the Harlequin . |
| 24 | The ears are small and thick and similar in shape to those of primate species . |
| 25 | On a spare piece of paper draw a triangle similar in shape to the one below , but of any size . |
| 26 | It was a cone , similar in shape to the temple , that dwarfed the other buildings in this quarter of the city . |
| 27 | There is one , sometimes two , pointed apical papilla flanked on each side by 5–6 oral papillae , the proximal ones are pointed similar in shape to the apical papilla but distally they become rounded , and the distalmost one is large and opercular . |
| 28 | Since this is similar in shape to a cubic curve a cubic model has been popular with some authors . |
| 29 | It occupied an entire building and was similar in capacity to the programmable pocket calculator that one now buys at the stationers . |
| 30 | They have muscular tentacles in a well-developed head region , highly efficient eyes which are similar in construction to those of vertebrates ( although obviously independently derived ) , and they feed with the aid of strong , beak-like jaws . |