Example sentences of "[verb] a striking resemblance to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jane Russell bore a striking resemblance to Sweetheart . |
| 2 | Once , after a particularly sharp contraction , she had a sudden wish to unburden herself to her mother , to tell her that her grandchild had nothing to do with John Carrow , but that its father bore a striking resemblance to Tom Tremayne . |
| 3 | If he had had any doubts about paternity , they were dispelled ; for , even though he kept his distance , he did once get near enough to the pair to become acutely aware that the child bore a striking resemblance to him : dark hair , dark brown eyes beneath the same unusual winged eyebrows . |
| 4 | ‘ She bore a striking resemblance to the notorious James Bond character Rosa Klebb , ’ Anne wrote . |
| 5 | Contemporary miniatures show that Dara bore a striking resemblance to his father ; he had the same deep-set almond eyes , the same straight , narrow nose and long , full beard , although in some pictures he appears to have been slightly darker and more petite than Shah Jehan . |
| 6 | Initially , there was a close range try from Tony Keegan and then a superb handling move involving sleight of hand from Martin Smith — an Old Edwardian who bears a striking resemblance to the Leicester maestro , Les Cusworth - resulted in Rupert Moon plunging over . |
| 7 | Indeed the distribution of votes across the three parties in 1983 bears a striking resemblance to the elections of 1923 and of 1929 ( Table 10.4 ) . |
| 8 | Several wild song thrushes in different parts of Britain — and some blackbirds too — have been heard singing a new song that bears a striking resemblance to the distinctive electronic warble of British Telecom 's ‘ trimphones ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ My safety was my priority , ’ said Lizzie , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought ‘ You must be very calm , you must not antagonise your aggressor , just try to be calm and keep sensible , and always think what you are saying before you say it ’ , ’ said Lizzie , of Oxford , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister . |
| 11 | ERIC CANTONA bears a striking resemblance to the baubles on your Christmas tree — glossy , fragile and in need of careful handling . |
| 12 | The European cuckoo , with its grey plumage and barred underside , bears a striking resemblance to the predatory sparrowhawk , pictured below . |
| 13 | Although in profile and painted , rather than in relief , it bears a striking resemblance to the Alletio sherd from Corbridge . |
| 14 | And yet this type of ambiguity bears a striking resemblance to the scope ambiguities described above . |
| 15 | I wonder if he 's looked in the minutes of the council er for this time twelve months ago er when we proposed a very similar amendment to the one that 's on the board there , the figures are reduced er but certainly lots of the areas are actually there and in fact if he looked back even further in the minutes he 'll see that it bears a striking resemblance to what we actually proposed on the fourteenth of February nineteen ninety one . |
| 16 | Chester 's Gateway Theatre is looking for a mild-mannered all round good-egg who bears a striking resemblance to the former Everton striker . |
| 17 | Liz Robertson ( Maria ) , a veteran musical performer , bears a striking resemblance to Julie Andrews . |
| 18 | The fry grow quickly and are around 12mm long after two weeks , showing a striking resemblance to their parents , with fully-developed barbels and markings . |
| 19 | Such labels bear a striking resemblance to advertising bill boards . |
| 20 | In fact they bear a striking resemblance to a hearse ’ . |
| 21 | The cuckoo 's ability to produce eggs that bear a striking resemblance to those of its host is one of the bird 's best known adaptations . |
| 22 | Moreover , against this backcloth of generalised anxieties about moral incohesion , there were a number of more specific allegations against standards of public conduct which , once again , bear a striking resemblance to the supposedly unprecedented complaints and aggravations of the postwar era . |
| 23 | They bear a striking resemblance to Koquillion . |
| 24 | These low notes ( especially when played by two or three flutes in unison ) bear a striking resemblance to those of a distant trumpet and have been known to deceive even a practised ear , temporarily off its guard , into thinking that a trumpet is actually playing . |
| 25 | The people , the ones we see sitting about in cafés , or walking in the streets , also bear a striking resemblance to drawings by Toulouse Lautrec or Degas . |
| 26 | I pointed to a label on the front of the tank which read Calico Oranda underneath a picture of one bearing a striking resemblance to the fish in question . |
| 27 | This whole cultural ensemble was held together in a manner which bore a striking resemblance to ways of dealing with statism and socialism which have been considered above . |
| 28 | He was of medium height , with a spare frame , a little unsteady on his feet , perhaps , and with the sallow complexion of recent illness on features that bore a striking resemblance to the girl before him . |