Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [noun] like [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supported relational databases include an internal SQL database processor using the operating systems files or industry standards like Oracle , Ingres , Sybase and Rdb . |
| 2 | At such times anxiety and other strong emotions of which we are normally unaware can overwhelm , or trigger defences like denial or repression . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , specialist retailers like Dixons , an electricals chain , and niche shops like Tie Rack have been paring away at the department stores ' share of the high-street market . |
| 4 | Any obstruction and tendency to stagnant air conditions is an encouragement to the arch enemies of pests , like aphids , which get the chance to settle , and fungus diseases like mildew and black spot which also are able to settle , spread and press their attack . |
| 5 | The emergence of the so-called style magazines such as The Face and i-D and teen glossies like Smash Hits put NME into a quandary . |
| 6 | Whether you feel that these cocktails are what your roses will be happy with is very much like you considering whether you would be happy and healthy on a diet of fast and convenience food like hamburger and chips and little else . |
| 7 | Chris Stanley says the ethos of the juvenile court has extended to the new youth courts , and adult sentences like probation orders and combination orders are not being used extensively . |
| 8 | Typical examples are sugars like glucose , and amino acids like leucine . |
| 9 | While there do seem to be systematic differences between extractive industries like petroleum and metal ore mining , and manufacturing industries like consumer goods , the general conclusion is that where the TNCs are patient and persistent they usually at least recover the value of their seized assets . |
| 10 | Light and shade cohabit like life and death , the one more vivid for the dread presence of the other . |
| 11 | Examples of plant sources of protein are bread , rice , spaghetti , and breakfast foods like porridge , Weetabix , and Shredded Wheat . |
| 12 | On the Macintosh the introduction of Interleaf , previously restricted to Unix workstations , and document processors like FullWrite have kept pace with the pure layout packages such as Ready , Set , Go ! and Quark XPress . |
| 13 | As they are used single-handed , they make it easier to dead-head flowers , prune shrubs , cut up chicken for the barbecue , and shape materials like leather , canvas , etc , for craftwork . |
| 14 | The main ones , B1 , B2 , and niacin , can be obtained from animal sources such as pork , liver , bacon , and plant sources like wholegrain cereals , wheatgerm , soya beans , and peanuts . |
| 15 | There was a renewed interest in gold and other precious metals , but base metals like copper , lead , and zinc took on a new significance , together with a whole range of new raw materials and foodstuffs . |
| 16 | Often , it was not only the arts which were seen as less useful , but university subjects like physics : the physical science degree was regarded as one which was more useful for getting jobs in industry . |