Example sentences of "indistinguishable from the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Decay sets in if soft tissues remain , and the bones may be dispersed by wind , water or trampling ; or the carcases may be scavenged by predators , with results indistinguishable from the primary effects of predation .
2 When the stop is realized in these items it is indistinguishable from the hypercorrect stop insertion attested in , for example , gast , ‘ gas ’ ; clift , ‘ cliff ’ ; fold , ‘ foal ’ ( see J. Milroy 1981b : 11n ) .
3 Many of the effects are indistinguishable from the normal processes of growing up .
4 Experts said that the $20 , $50 , and $100 bills , which had been copied on a Canon Colour Laser , were virtually indistinguishable from the real thing .
5 Your options include shaded and sealed floorboards teamed with scatter rung , a parquet perimeter to a fine specimen carpet , or even wood ‘ look-alike ’ vinyl tiles from the expensive ranges , which can be almost indistinguishable from the real thing .
6 As Philip Strick and others have commented , his fake gorillas are so indistinguishable from the real ones that they all start to look slightly suspect particularly since five ‘ mime artists ’ but no stuntpersons are credited , and neither director Michael Apted nor associate producer Baker could have risked Sigourney Weaver 's getting seriously injured .
7 The quality is so good they 're often indistinguishable from the real thing .
8 Great tracts of the Middle Kingdom will be virtually indistinguishable from the tiny entrepreneurial enclave .
9 Australia has a marsupial " mole " , superficially almost indistinguishable from the familiar moles of other continents , but pouched , making its living in the same way as other moles and with the same enormously strengthened forepaws for digging .
10 She stood where she had seen Scathach in the story , his face now indistinguishable from the young man with whom she travelled .
11 At first , her face burned and she was often defeated in her purpose but within a few weeks she was indistinguishable from the seasoned bargainers .
12 Then , at his feet , almost indistinguishable from the other bits of litter and scraps of rubbish , he saw a long , dirty ribbon of material , covered along its full length with bright red blotches in awkward shapes .
13 EX-RATED Ibanez EX370 Many years ago , Ibanez were almost indistinguishable from the other Japanese manufacturers churning out Gibson Les Paul copies by the truckload .
14 When n is large the approximation becomes indistinguishable from the correct expression .
15 Thus there were very many false positive matches indistinguishable from the correct match .
16 The colour of the filthy dress she was wearing was indistinguishable from the deep brown of her skin .
17 Because Karajan was a legend in his own lifetime and thus in some ways indistinguishable from the legendary figures of the past , it is important not to overlook the ways in which he effected a thoroughly modern revolution in both the method and the manner of orchestral training .
18 From early Victorian and Edwardian lamps , exotic Art Nouveau designs and stylish Art Deco models to the exciting and decorative range of Tiffany lamps — almost indistinguishable from the priceless originals .
19 The false sensation of unconditional acceptance may come , however , when the sufferers from addictive disease are under the influence of alcohol so that the state of mind produced by mood-altering substances or behaviour is indistinguishable from the unconditional acceptance that they seek .
20 A Californian high-technology firm , the Collagen Corporation , has found a way to enzymatically alter bovine collagen , making it virtually indistinguishable from the human variety .
21 They can be either plain or patterned , and are often indistinguishable from the minor borders .
22 They realized dimly that , for the moment at least , the Bolsheviks seemed even keener than the SRs to provoke similar disorder at all levels : and their Land Decree seemed indistinguishable from the old SR demands on behalf of the peasantry .
23 The new kids were indistinguishable from the old and the new parents were just the same , for the female cousins had all married , or shacked up with , wispy , indefinite , ineffectual men ; and the male cousins had simply married their mothers .
24 The grand mean direction is statistically indistinguishable from the three Miocene reference directions , suggesting that there has been no footwall tilting .
25 But apart from this , the Nazareans are indistinguishable from the broader movement of which they were part .
26 If the arts are ultimately indistinguishable from the social sciences then they are tainted , tarred with the same unpopular brush .
27 There was overt political work as well , again in accordance with Newman and his associates , who , by the mid-1970s , formed their own grandly named International Workers Party , its leadership indistinguishable from the social therapy collective .
28 It is commonly assumed that British black children speak a variety of English indistinguishable from the local white norm .
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