Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] a [adj] resemblance to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He proposed an approach to the principled description of such contexts which bears a close resemblance to more recent descriptions which we shall go on to examine : |
| 2 | The protagonist also feels the need to insulate herself emotionally , a form of protectionism which bears a problematic resemblance to the cultural chauvinism and xenophobia she witnesses during the war . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ My safety was my priority , ’ said Lizzie , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Chester 's Gateway Theatre is looking for a mild-mannered all round good-egg who bears a striking resemblance to the former Everton striker . |
| 7 | ‘ … who bears a close resemblance to our school janitor , Aziz — although , as far as I know , Aziz does not wander around with a tea towel on his head organizing terrorist attacks — Yasser Arafat — ’ |
| 8 | SEVE Ballesteros may not be taking part in golf 's World Cup in Madrid this week , but there is a player who bears an amazing resemblance to him . |
| 9 | And he was helped by the fact that he bears a slight resemblance to the blond singer in Abba , too . |
| 10 | In fact he bears a vague resemblance to Crocodile Dundee , although his strong upper class English accent , roughened by a liking for Rothman cigarettes , quickly dispelled that image . |
| 11 | Probably the largest on the earth 's surface , to me it bears a passing resemblance to a somewhat distorted version of a face that was popular in Eighties amusement arcades — that belonging to a creature called Pac-Man . |
| 12 | Although in profile and painted , rather than in relief , it bears a striking resemblance to the Alletio sherd from Corbridge . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It bears a remarkable resemblance to the kind of natural time machine postulated by Frank Tipler , of the University of Texas . |
| 15 | It bears an uncanny resemblance to GM 's victorious Sunraycer of two years ago . |