Example sentences of "be like [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're like the arms of the same monster . ’ |
| 2 | They 're like the emperors of old : they do n't like bad news , so their servants make sure the truth never gets through to them . |
| 3 | In one family the daughters " attended dances " regularly , but these can hardly have been like the dance-halls of the inter-war period . |
| 4 | Whereas fast compound curves suggest smoke , silks and delicate , tenuous traceries drawn by a breeze , slow compound curves are like the muscles of a weight lifter — powerful , even ponderous and writhing when taken to extremes . |
| 5 | The arms say the light of day in a short sleeved dress and they are like the arms of a prize fighter . |
| 6 | Each image is like a candle and it is for us to embroider our minds so that they are like the constellations of the heavens — Rumi 's harvest of stars . |
| 7 | ‘ Single malt whiskies are like the Chateaux of Bordeaux , ’ says Allan Schiach , Chairman of The Macallan , one of Scotland 's best known malts . |
| 8 | I am just able to discern the formalities which are like the horns of ships circling in the fog to dock . |
| 9 | Even the tatty Dolphinarium suggests a forgotten fair-ground in the dark , and the pier timbers are like the legs of an artificial dinosaur , sturdy and reassuring in the gloom . |
| 10 | These bonds are more subtle than gossamer strands of spiders in the grass and are like the fields of force of electricity or gravity . |
| 11 | In many ways the fibres of Parameta are like the hairs of animal fur — tightly packed at source and more open towards the outside . |
| 12 | It would be like the denizens of Magdalen Bridge claiming they drank VP sherry rather than Tio Pepe because they preferred the taste . |
| 13 | The wonderful vision arose of a publication which would be like the minutes of a gigantic nationwide meeting . |
| 14 | The windows were like the windows of the children 's ward where Baby used to be , of white glass which you could n't see through . |
| 15 | Libby stared at the man 's eyes ; they were blue , but she did n't take in the colour , just the fact that they did not seem to see her , they looked at something else They were like the eyes of the blind man in Mallow , which looked everywhere but did not see as he tapped along the pavement . |
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| 17 | The form of their stalk is like the arms of an elegant candelabra , with the oval awns protected by up-turned delicately curved spikes . |
| 18 | It is like the Ides of March , and we had all better stay indoors . |
| 19 | The glow from the furnace in the steam-filled room was like the flames of hell licking out to show her the place where her father had gone . |
| 20 | She was like the photographs of Hollywood film stars that she had seen once in an old copy of Picturegoer . |
| 21 | It was like the changing-rooms of a thousand football clubs , or schools for that matter . |