Example sentences of "similar in principle to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A special escape sequence defines a rectangular area of the page and then introduces a block of pixel data , very similar in principle to a bit image file . |
| 2 | Even so , the advice is similar in principle to that given for a westward flight . |
| 3 | Centralised installations are also available similar in principle to the pressure jet installations with a fixed remote suction pump and collection chamber and with a ring main and suction points to which wander hoses may be connected . |
| 4 | It would appear to be similar in principle to electro-acupuncture . |
| 5 | The ORIGINAL DRAWING section is similar in principle to a charting device in that it allows you total freedom to create a diagram of any shape that you want and to knit that shape using the yarn , stitch pattern and tension of your choice . |
| 6 | The most common for solid walls is the wall anchor , similar in principle to the wall plug , but utilising its own heavy-duty machine screw and requiring a much larger hole to be drilled in the wall ( typically 10mm compared with 6mm for most normal wall plugs ) . |
| 7 | One researcher has suggested that they may be able to detect the very low frequency vibrations that are created in the water by waves and reflected back from the ocean floor , an echo-location system similar in principle to that used , at the other extreme end of the frequency scale , by bats . |
| 8 | This would be similar in principle to the Cramp v Smythson [ 1944 ] case discussed earlier in this chapter in which copyright was denied to a simple diary because the commonplace nature of the information left little room for judgment in the selection and organization of the information . |
| 9 | The British team aims to develop the world 's first tidal current turbine , similar in principle to a windmill . |