Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] like [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , the demand patterns for products like coal , steel and heavy goods vehicles decline rapidly in a recession , ( and may be subject to a level of demand during boom conditions that they simply can not meet ) . |
| 2 | But in the hotel and restaurant industry , the GRiDPad 's 12-hour rechargeable power pack and its genuine portability make it viable for operations like stocktaking . |
| 3 | Then I heard the growls of support coming from our own side for proposals like Family Credit and the ending of SERPS . |
| 4 | For the last year he 's been setting out his story in his autobiography , a glimpse into decision making during operations like Desert Storm and an insight to his personal life . |
| 5 | " All that bit about skin like silk , though . |
| 6 | And I 've known well in between but in between times like Christmas time and |
| 7 | It does not all go , however ; there is always some energy left in store for emergencies like leaf fall or breakage that needs sealing with callus no fools , these plants ! - and it is this stored energy in the node that is utilized to form firstly healing callus tissue , and then ‘ adventitious ’ tissue , such as roots when we make cuttings with stem growth above a node , or growth buds when the cut is above the node and its attendant eye . |
| 8 | The best there is for kids like Angel . ’ |
| 9 | Politics has also meant little time for hobbies like reading , music , badminton and cricket . |
| 10 | But these days , with space at a premium , a room kept solely for dining is rare ; the chances are that it has to double as a work room , say for hobbies like model making , or as a quiet place where the family can get on with homework , studying or other paperwork . |
| 11 | ‘ You tae alwiz like rat ? ’ the girl said . |
| 12 | Again last week we talked about the feasibility of going to Australia for a week and the impact it would have on you after things like jetlag . |
| 13 | Carl continued in the hotel trade , working in Leicester and South Shields for companies like Holiday Inn . |
| 14 | Erm ch erm Well they have different techniques of differentiation like differentiation of part . |
| 15 | For weeks I would pull slivers of skin like rice-paper from the top of my head and my ears . ) |
| 16 | If you usually think of products like bread or beans as sources of carbohydrate rather than protein , it is because much of the diet literature has emphasized this aspect of these foods . |
| 17 | Hector Odhar , they 're calling you now , I 'm told , for that you can scarcely be called swift , nor my father brown , with his wisps of hair like dandruff ! |
| 18 | If Heisenberg 's matrix mechanics , or Schrödinger 's wave mechanics , had not given the right answers for the behaviour of objects like hydrogen atoms then certainly no one would have got very excited about them . |
| 19 | Now , the talent of musicians like Extreme 's Nuno Bettencourt goes without saying . |
| 20 | For soccer 's underworld is a web of intrigue like freemasonry — everyone knows it exists , but few know who 's behind the secret handshakes . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've proved we can do it , and we 're more innovative at the moment than the Americans , ’ says Steve , who admits his career would have been far more difficult without the success of groups like Soul II Soul . |
| 22 | We have watched the demise of enthusiasms like nationalism , Marxism and Thatcherism , which promised a salvation of sorts . |
| 23 | BBC Enterprises , the corporation 's commercial arm , will revive comedy classics such as Steptoe and Son and Dad 's Army , while Thames will contribute 10,000 hours of programmes like Minder and Van der Valk . |
| 24 | Most people feel that they have some understanding of the focus of disciplines like History or Physics , but are less familiar with Sociology . |
| 25 | Even in a relatively small area of provision like dementia , a fair number of voluntary organisations will be involved — they can not all be represented . |
| 26 | We believe that this aspect of general SVQs makes for a better programme , because it emphasises the vocational relevance of skills like numeracy and information technology . |
| 27 | I also like to make use of climbers like honeysuckle , clemetis and jasmine to draw attention away from walls and fences . ’ |
| 28 | But the intimate local picture this builds up is amplified by detailed accounts of subjects like fashion and jewellery , jet 's role in literature , and its links with Royalty . |
| 29 | On the other hand , a corporation can own property ; it can acquire rights and make itself liable under a contract ; it can be a trustee ; it can incur civil liability for wrongful acts , and even for those which involve a definite state of mind like fraud or malice . |
| 30 | We have seen other examples in the local flavour of words like whimsey , and phrases like " being turned up " . |