Example sentences of "of [noun] like [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm ch erm Well they have different techniques of differentiation like differentiation of part . |
| 2 | For weeks I would pull slivers of skin like rice-paper from the top of my head and my ears . ) |
| 3 | If you usually think of products like bread or beans as sources of carbohydrate rather than protein , it is because much of the diet literature has emphasized this aspect of these foods . |
| 4 | Hector Odhar , they 're calling you now , I 'm told , for that you can scarcely be called swift , nor my father brown , with his wisps of hair like dandruff ! |
| 5 | If Heisenberg 's matrix mechanics , or Schrödinger 's wave mechanics , had not given the right answers for the behaviour of objects like hydrogen atoms then certainly no one would have got very excited about them . |
| 6 | Now , the talent of musicians like Extreme 's Nuno Bettencourt goes without saying . |
| 7 | For soccer 's underworld is a web of intrigue like freemasonry — everyone knows it exists , but few know who 's behind the secret handshakes . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've proved we can do it , and we 're more innovative at the moment than the Americans , ’ says Steve , who admits his career would have been far more difficult without the success of groups like Soul II Soul . |
| 9 | We have watched the demise of enthusiasms like nationalism , Marxism and Thatcherism , which promised a salvation of sorts . |
| 10 | BBC Enterprises , the corporation 's commercial arm , will revive comedy classics such as Steptoe and Son and Dad 's Army , while Thames will contribute 10,000 hours of programmes like Minder and Van der Valk . |
| 11 | Most people feel that they have some understanding of the focus of disciplines like History or Physics , but are less familiar with Sociology . |
| 12 | Even in a relatively small area of provision like dementia , a fair number of voluntary organisations will be involved — they can not all be represented . |
| 13 | We believe that this aspect of general SVQs makes for a better programme , because it emphasises the vocational relevance of skills like numeracy and information technology . |
| 14 | I also like to make use of climbers like honeysuckle , clemetis and jasmine to draw attention away from walls and fences . ’ |
| 15 | But the intimate local picture this builds up is amplified by detailed accounts of subjects like fashion and jewellery , jet 's role in literature , and its links with Royalty . |
| 16 | On the other hand , a corporation can own property ; it can acquire rights and make itself liable under a contract ; it can be a trustee ; it can incur civil liability for wrongful acts , and even for those which involve a definite state of mind like fraud or malice . |
| 17 | We have seen other examples in the local flavour of words like whimsey , and phrases like " being turned up " . |
| 18 | This approach is most obviously to the fore in Buddhism which emphasizes the necessity for getting beyond concepts by the use of words like anatta , anicca , and nirvana . |
| 19 | Daly and Caputi are especially preoccupied with reclaiming the spiritual powers women were once invested with — powers hinted at in the etymology of words like glamour , as noted above . |
| 20 | but the , they 're just derivatives of words like twout |
| 21 | There can be no solutions until humanity has learned the meaning of words like co-operation , unselfishness , fraternity and trust . |
| 22 | The sociologist Sue Lees has investigated the culture of young women , paying attention to the role of words like slag , slut , and so on in their lives . |
| 23 | But what are we to make of it when the same is true of words like adult , neighbour and citizen ? |
| 24 | In association with everyone else who has the chance to speak out in a democratic society there are opportunities to support the efforts of organizations like Article 19 which fights strongly and to good effect against censorship worldwide . |
| 25 | Given the dynamic nature of variables like investment in the economy , however , ‘ other things ’ are unlikely to remain unchanged . |
| 26 | In these cases , a school 's philosophy acquired a life of its own : paraded for governors , advisers , parents and visitors , reflected superficially in those aspects of practice like display and decor that such outsiders tended immediately to note , but seldom followed through . |
| 27 | — Manjiku 's got a snout like a crocodile , Manjiku 's got pointed green teeth arranged in double rows , and a mane of spikes like sea urchins , and a forked tail with razor edges he uses to slice up his food . |
| 28 | As John Cook pointed out in the preceding chapter , it mistakenly assimilates the concepts of capacities like understanding , thinking , remembering , and the other psychological verbs to those of sensations like pain , and thus turns them into specific yet insubstantial and wholly mysterious inner states , available only to private introspection , which correlate in some way with their behavioural signs . |
| 29 | However , this is almost certainly not true of disorders like schizophrenia , which are better visualised as aberrations of otherwise normal physiological and psychological processes which for some reason pass beyond their usual adaptive limits ; here the term ‘ dysfunction ’ , rather than disease seems more appropriate . |
| 30 | Many of these arbitrations are about the quality and/or condition of commodities like rice or coffee . |