Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] like a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is a very high performance aircraft that can be flown like a fighter , using a mix of hand-flying and the automatics . |
| 2 | This treatment was also applied to the smaller door , reached via a short flight of external stone steps that previously served the upper-level hay-loft , so that the new infilling panel of clear double-glazing , set well back from the external face of the wall , helps to light a sitting room while a ‘ door ’ , which can be swung like a shutter to seal this opening , is fixed back against the face of the adjoining flintwork . |
| 3 | It is as if the idea of the moment can be compressed like those flowers that we as children used to press between the pages of a book ; that they can be set like a jewel in the mind or as a picture in the mind 's gallery . |
| 4 | I am standing with Joe , a round the world Australian , beneath eucalyptus trees , looking over a landscape that can be read like a Breughel . |
| 5 | Once a repetition has been observed to flow , it can be dammed like a river , building up the pressure until it becomes irresistible and the dam bursts . |