Example sentences of "something akin to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something akin to the contemporary pattern of hooliganism has long existed in Glasgow as a result of Irish Catholic immigration and militant working-class Scottish Protestantism . |
| 2 | There had gradually developed in chapel life during the second half of the century a desire for greater dignity , order and something akin to the ‘ beauty of holiness ’ , if not that beauty itself . |
| 3 | ‘ Would you say that the production of a novel is something akin to the process of childbirth ? ’ |
| 4 | The design works best in performance , where she favours the creation of something akin to the surround-sound sometimes set up in cinemas . |
| 5 | This would bring us to something akin to the fundamental propositions of science . |
| 6 | She had seen something in those dark tragic eyes , something akin to the anguish betrayed now in Tyler 's . |
| 7 | His oeuvre has become a sort of national institution that is regarded with affection by a large number of people , something akin to the singing of ‘ Land of Hope and Glory ’ on the Last Night of the Proms . |
| 8 | These schemes , then , can be summarized under the following heads : we run residency and award schemes , we run grants to artists and craftsmen and photographers , we run an artists in school scheme , which involves placement of and artist for two weeks or so in a local secondary school , we offer payments to artists for exhibiting in certain galleries , something akin to the public lending right , we also provide assistance for the purchase and commissioning of contemporary work , and finally we run an artists ' register , which is a slide register of work of artists within the region , which is accessible to anyone who wants to come along and look at it , whether they are organizing an exhibition or thinking of commissioning a piece for their own living rooms , or perhaps a piece for their town hall or public library or whatever . |