Example sentences of "[det] [noun] like [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this Babel like context the apparent exchange of information between different interest groups may commonly founder . |
| 2 | ‘ Some savers like term shares where they tie their money up for a set period in return for a limited guarantee regarding the interest , ’ says Willis . |
| 3 | And there are the future situations I sit on the bed here and think about : my utter love for some man ; I know I ca n't do things like love by halves , I know I have love pent up in me , I shall throw myself away , lose my heart and my body and my mind and soul to some cad like G.P. Who 'll betray me . |
| 4 | So many religions , such as the religion of Ancient Egypt , for instance , whi which made a great fetish of this , has a belief in a judgment after death , followed by eternal retribution er , heaven effectively for the just and er , damnation effectively for the unjust , and some religions like Catholicism stick in an intermediate state pur purgatory , where you can work , work off a sentence , as it were , for a few , for a few thousand years . |
| 5 | This is clearly a crucial element in the battery of skills which a health system needs and in some areas like surgery and acute care there is less immediate possibility of a CD approach to health . |
| 6 | Some defects like damp can be detected by observation , feel and smell . |
| 7 | This appearance like cottage cheese is not that common ; more often a thinner white discharge is complained of . |
| 8 | Some plants like kitchen windows , especially if they are over a steamy sink , but always check first . |
| 9 | Er I mean some people like reggae music , some people like body popping and things like this , there 's all different taste . |
| 10 | Some people like sex more than others — |
| 11 | Some people like prison because they make more friends in there . |
| 12 | ‘ Some people like tripe , you know , ’ said Amiss wonderingly . |
| 13 | Some people like model trains or football . |
| 14 | Er I mean some people like reggae music , some people like body popping and things like this , there 's all different taste . |
| 15 | Of course , if the adhesion at the interface is too weak then the material as a whole will be weakened so that , when there is no adhesion at all , one has to have some arrangement like cloth or rope or basket-work to hold the material together by friction . |
| 16 | ‘ Some patients like privacy , ’ explained David , ‘ but we find that others need company . |
| 17 | They were happy affairs — we dressed in our best , played a few games like Farmer In His Den , Blind Man 's Bluff Or Musical Chairs , we enjoyed a tea of sandwiches , chocolate biscuits , ice cream and jelly , sang ‘ Happy Birthday ’ and went home with a slice of cake . |
| 18 | Some glitter like silver lace , others shine as if embroidered with gold . |
| 19 | According to the health board , significant differences were found between the two groups in some symptoms like eye , throat and skin irritation , headaches and nausea , which could be attributed to the spill . |
| 20 | Half measures like intervention will , as in Lebanon , just postpone peace . |
| 21 | The moral to be drawn from this is , let us apply the same committed and co-ordinated approach to deliver a Scottish parliament , which could tackle a whole range of problems , rather than simply showing piecemeal enthusiasm over a few issues like water and the poll tax . |
| 22 | Extras to pay : some facilities like tennis , watersports , entry to discos , solariums , saunas etc , usually incur a small charge , unless otherwise stated in the hotel descriptions . |
| 23 | Do n't you know you 're using that boy like bait to catch a fish ? |
| 24 | such joy like mountain water ? |
| 25 | Of course , all these titles like meditation , relaxation and visualization are no more than labels . |
| 26 | The cathedral spread , squashing the buildings on either side like plasticine , then absorbing them entirely . |
| 27 | What shocks you now — and would have shocked me when I was a lad — it just rolls off these kids like rain off a duck 's back . ’ |
| 28 | Things that I mentioned yesterday , you need to be able to er , manage effectively all these things like temperature , the noise level around you . |
| 29 | Anderson 's method is ‘ to take little things like standing and running , or gestural habits or people 's changing body positions in sleep ’ . |
| 30 | CLENCHED on top of each other like building blocks , his hands are putting on a show of determination . |