Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a similar [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICI endured a similar fate . |
| 2 | Graffunder 's Seamen 's and Tradesmen 's Union ceased to exist in August 1893 and others of like kind met a similar fate . |
| 3 | The simple comparison of mean pulse rate data from before sedation and during the procedure showed both groups experienced a similar degree of tachycardia during the procedure ( Table III ) . |
| 4 | Efforts to turn him into the new Olivier met a similar fate . |
| 5 | Karriers produced a similar coupling and did good business through this with many transport firms . |
| 6 | Bolivia used a similar offer of Soviet technical assistance to the nationalised oil company YPFB to pressurise President Eisenhower into reversing his policy of refusing to supply credits to state-owned enterprises ( a major factor behind Argentina 's acceptance of the deal ) . |
| 7 | Randolph Churchill reported a similar sentiment as being expressed by Macmillan to Home : ‘ … |
| 8 | The existence of Ulster 's British majority posed a similar difficulty although it was not fully recognised at Westminster until the general strike organised by the Ulster Workers ' Council in May 1974 . |
| 9 | However , the Ministry of Agriculture reported a similar level of ruthenium in a soil sample taken in 1987 , apparently without any comment being raised at the time . |
| 10 | When neighbouring Aston Villa endured a similar run recently Ron Atkinson remained confident he had the players to end it . |
| 11 | A possible Trojan link was claimed by William of Jumièges for William the Conqueror as soon as he became king ; a late eleventh-century genealogy of the counts of Boulogne produced a similar conceit ; and Genealogy IV of the Counts of Flanders , written about 1120 , made them the most important non-royal family to trace its ancestry back to Priam . |
| 12 | The defendant made a similar lintel but with a rear face inclined at 6 degrees from the vertical . |
| 13 | Paros had been a failure ; but Miltiades ' son Kimon pursued a similar line in the 470s and 460s , showing that he saw himself as the heir to his father 's policies as well as his debts ( for which see Plut . |
| 14 | Percival faced a similar task . |
| 15 | Texas faced a similar problem throughout the ‘ leasing ’ period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 16 | Admission into the complex followed a similar pattern to that I had seen in the English prisons : searches , registration , allocation , different coloured uniforms for the various categories of prisoner , etc . |
| 17 | In a referendum on March 14-15 71.4 per cent of voters approved a motion to allow referendums on state treaties ; the turnout was 64.7 per cent and the result reversed a similar motion defeated in 1989 . |
| 18 | Pan Macmillan 's chairman Alan Gordon Walker expressed a similar view . |
| 19 | As for Roman law , the discussion of wording in Section I of this chapter reached a similar conclusion . |
| 20 | Other life offices introduced a similar area into their conventional with-profits policies as an option , though the higher death benefit which was provided inevitably meant a lower retirement benefit . |
| 21 | Hilton did a similar study in Canada with similar results . |
| 22 | As both schools had a similar catchment area , he postulated that it was the schools themselves that made the difference between their pupils ' behaviour . |
| 23 | Both groups received a similar volume of blood transfusion . |
| 24 | The change of heart — five months after the clubs rejected a similar deal — was confirmed by league chairman Sir John Quinton in London . |
| 25 | And Sadler made a similar observation : |
| 26 | Naval vessels were also contributed by Belgium and Italy ( which both on Aug. 21 confirmed that minesweepers sent initially to the eastern Mediterranean were to proceed on to the Gulf ) ; Greece announced on Aug. 20 that a frigate would join the naval forces in the Gulf , and Spain made a similar announcement the following day . |
| 27 | Rowntree made a similar discovery in York some ten years later and also showed how poverty dogged the course of the individual life cycle , being most acute in infancy , at the point of family formation and again in old age . |
| 28 | Previously , in 1878 , one of his Terrier class 0–6–0 tank locomotives was awarded a gold medal at the Paris exhibition and in 1889 his Gladstone class locomotive of 0–4–2 type received a similar award . |
| 29 | Two days later Allitt called nurses after Christopher suffered a similar attack . |
| 30 | Among middle-class women , early marriage played a similar role in increasing risk of depression . |