Example sentences of "look [adv] like [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer is that they will become superfluous , to be replaced by a new prototype that looks remarkably like a rugby league player . |
| 2 | This species looks rather like the heart urchin but the petal-like areas are much more deeply sunken , the forward pair very short . |
| 3 | Physically , it looks much like a video cassette recorder with a matt black livery chosen , no doubt , to suggest its connection with the world of hi-fi audio , televisions and video . |
| 4 | And remember that the benefits wo n't usually change with inflation — so a figure that looks more like a telephone number now than a pension may be much smaller , in real terms , when you retire . |
| 5 | Sebastiane , the six-foot-two model who looks more like a champion hurdler than a clothes-horse , strides into the room in flat shoes . |
| 6 | Looks more like a cotton wool factory than a cherry orchard . |
| 7 | ‘ Looks more like a home prescription to me , ’ the man said gloomily when he returned with a phial of pills . |
| 8 | A far cry from her ‘ strong woman with positive aggression ’ image , the photo looks more like a family snapshot . |
| 9 | The tax schedule in the UK looks more like the schedule OBDEF . |
| 10 | ‘ Looks more like the communications centre of a nuclear sub . ’ |
| 11 | Dave also played the old fashioned curved soprano sax , which looks almost like a toy instrument but it sounded clear and forceful in his hands . |
| 12 | Why it got this name I 've no idea , as the so called ‘ bees ’ , looking rather like the cereal Sugar Puffs , were reputed to be an Australian fungus with yeast-like properties . |
| 13 | Three weeks on , The Paradise Club proves the contrary : it is now looking less like a showroom model than a motor on which the clock has been wound back and the polish is beginning to fade . |
| 14 | There 's always the danger of the learner 's experience looking more like a patchwork quilt than an ordered and informative sequence of events that builds knowledge on knowledge , experience on experience . |
| 15 | Now , seeing you sitting there , looking more like a film star than the Alice I used to know , I 'm not so sure . |
| 16 | The 27-year-old fashion queen ends up looking more like a cat burglar than a catwalk model in the 30-second ad . |
| 17 | They look rather like a music CD but they are kept permanently inside small plastic cartridges for protection . |
| 18 | ‘ It should look rather like an Oxford college by the time we are finished , ’ he says , although he emphasises that no alterations will be made before full permission is granted by the planners . |
| 19 | it look just like a ski resort all the bright jackets and the woolly hats and it was lovely , I mean they made it into , into an absolute skating ring for driving on |
| 20 | ‘ Guido was right , you look just like a Botticelli nymph ! ’ |
| 21 | I know but they sa , they look just like the Addams Family to me . |
| 22 | Theorists tell us it ought to look more like a symphony orchestra or a hospital or perhaps the British Raj . |
| 23 | Hewlett-Packard is beginning to look increasingly like a printer company that also makes and sells computers , so much of the focus was on printers , with Douglas Carnahan , vice-president and general manager of the printing systems group saying that the company hopes to beat the industry 's compound annual growth rate in sales dollars in the printer market over the next five years . |
| 24 | Ruth thought he looked rather like a baby monkey , but she assured Rosie that her son was the most handsome child she had ever seen . |
| 25 | At four o'clock we achieved a packet each from what looked remarkably like a Texan millionaire and his wife . |
| 26 | I looked just like a crinoline lady . |
| 27 | They say he looked exactly like the family picture of old Sir Hugo , who first saw the Hound . |
| 28 | The leaving party held for Doreen looked more like a board meeting , as the chairman and directors were there to say good-bye . |
| 29 | The big downstairs room might have been a converted cowshed , but when she opened the tall shutters and the sunlight poured in , it looked more like a state apartment . |
| 30 | What with her neat black suit , white blouse , rimless spectacles and greying hair , Ella Shields looked more like a school teacher than a vaudeville and music hall celebrity , toast of two continents . |