Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] like [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in the 1980's bears lived in a heavily barred concrete box which did not allow any of its usual activities like swimming , climbing , scratching or exploring . |
| 2 | Fortunately , the situation is beginning to change as allied disciplines like machine intelligence provide us with models that will allow us to construct theories that are both realistic and have heuristic power . |
| 3 | They flew just above the surface of the water and their wings made a loud wubbering noise like canvas flapping in the wind . |
| 4 | At about 7 p.m. , the temperature rises more than 6CC above ambient and there is a strong smell like ether and chloroform attractive to chrysomelid beetles , which push their way to the stigmas , pollinating them . |
| 5 | Too much attention was paid to low-damage but high-publicity cases like oil spills and the famous toxic waste in Love Canal , not enough to habitat loss and global warming . |
| 6 | Bowing to the inevitable , Kenya started to remove the controls in 1988 and had eliminated them all by 1990 , except for a few agricultural products like maize . |
| 7 | Though these constraints can be decisive in some ways , we concentrate here on the economic policies and some of the more specific policies like price controls that affect the investment climate for multinationals . |
| 8 | Take plenty of exercise , use the skeleton , take calcium , and avoid the usual risks like alcohol , smoking , lack of mobility and excessive thinness . |
| 9 | First of all it 's a government activity , now let's be quite clear about that , we 're talking about governments here , we 're not talking about erm oil companies or private airlines or non-governmental organizations like Amnesty International , we 're talking about governments . |
| 10 | Their activities have made major calls on state expenditure , both because they are operating in politically desirable but unprofitable areas , but also because of their presence in economic sectors like coal and steel that are undergoing a process of profound restructuring . |
| 11 | Love is a strange force like gravity that holds us together in the transcendent and will suffer no parting . |
| 12 | Martha instantly rattled off the names and descriptions , hardly stumbling over strange words like niacin and riboflavin . |
| 13 | The ego , as says , is open to the outside world and furthermore to stimulations from inside , from inside the body , that reach it through subjective sensations like hunger when you need food , or fear when something threatens you , and cognitive er awareness like er okay you realize that before you have your lunch you 're gon na have to go to the bank to get some money to pay for it . |
| 14 | While Hurley remained preoccupied with inter-agency projects like Operation Goldenrod , Ganem soon made it clear to Coleman that he had little patience with Hurley 's intelligence operations . |
| 15 | The special Latin status of ‘ Italian-ness ’ is especially evident in the extensive build-up to the Mondiali , which displays the extravagant aspects of a nation which exalts and gives equal value to cultural institutions like football and opera . |
| 16 | ‘ It is n't a social drug like Ecstasy , and it is n't a stimulant , so you do n't have any desire to dance . |
| 17 | Its chairman , Mr Tony Millar , has done a deal with the US Corporate Partners group which invests some £1billion of funds on behalf of US and foreign institutions like pension funds . |
| 18 | If you are fixing tiles to porous surfaces like wood or plaster , seal the surface first with a sealant or gloss paint . |
| 19 | Miranda Innes ' new book offers sound practical advice on all aspects of decoration from painting walls , treating floors and using fabrics to collecting and displaying a variety of favourite objects like china , paintings or even jelly moulds . |
| 20 | Sue had smiled , glossy pink lips , smooth make-up , brown eyes like treacle , and said nothing and , as far as Marion knew , her feet never bothered her at all . |
| 21 | Saprophytic fungi like coral spot on mulch are an indication of insufficient hoeing . |
| 22 | Such ‘ network ’ surveys are less vulnerable to ‘ norm and deviation ’ criticism , since they usually eliminate major social variables like class and ethnicity ( that is , group members studied are all one class and race ) , so that the group itself becomes the norm . |
| 23 | Recognise that where words have been borrowed in the last 400 years , there are some characteristic sound-symbol relationships that reflect the word 's origin , eg ch- in French words like champagne , chauffeur , charade , and ch- in Greek words like chaos , chiropody , chorus , compared with ch- in long-established English words like chaff , cheese , chin . |
| 24 | Linguistic features ( for instance , how often speakers drop their g's in words like playing ) are correlated with social characteristics like age , ethnicity , gender and class . |
| 25 | ‘ We 're the first band to successfully marry a number of different styles like hip hop and pop . |
| 26 | Recognise that where words have been borrowed in the last 400 years , there are some characteristic sound-symbol relationships that reflect the word 's origin , eg ch- in French words like champagne , chauffeur , charade , and ch- in Greek words like chaos , chiropody , chorus , compared with ch- in long-established English words like chaff , cheese , chin . |
| 27 | In languages which sound melodious to English ears like Italian and Spanish this has already happened — many words have lost their final vowels . |
| 28 | At P&G , where 25% of its 2,300 brand varieties account for only 2% of sales , old brands like Puritan cooking oil and White Cloud toilet paper are being scrapped . |
| 29 | Who do n't you get some old fart like Cash Jones ? " |
| 30 | They , together with top companies like Shell UK , the Wellcome Foundation , ICI and Marks & Spencer , are already discovering the benefits . |