Example sentences of "much like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them are constructed very much like a church ; and an Essex writer , C. Henry Warren , very aptly called them ‘ cathedrals of labour ’ . |
| 2 | The French Texel is too much like a Mule — too big and too long . |
| 3 | The September demonstrations appeared very much like a single-issue movement , but I would argue that other concerns were raised , including the lack of political reform in China . |
| 4 | Although improving your memory might seem very much like a function of the left brain , the more you are able to bring your right-brain skills into it , the easier you will find it . |
| 5 | She pulled the bucket in the castle 's well by treading on a wheel , much like a hamster does on its little wheel . |
| 6 | What is more , a Tertiary stage looks very much like a zone through Mesozoic eyes , and with Palaeozoic spectacles a Jurassic stage is at most an Ordovician zone . |
| 7 | The catapult works very much like a stone thrower as described in the Warhammer rules except that the Goblin is able to steer himself to his target and is therefore more accurate than a stone . |
| 8 | Is the problem that it is too much like a repetition of other areas of the glass ? |
| 9 | I 'm , I think , I think I 've got a different criticism which is that much of it is still too much like a newspaper erm that it 's , as I say , that the modular structure of the news pages is too relentlessly like , almost like , the Times of eighteen twelve , I mean too relentlessly little blocks that sort of sit there and although there 's Helvetica bold in the headlines , it 's , somehow the relationship and flow of stories in many ways does n't seem to have changed , it 's the presentation |
| 10 | The road gang had turned up unexpectedly that afternoon and had laid and rolled more than two hundred yards of hot tarmac from the main building all the way around to the other side of the restaurant block ; now the place did n't look quite so much like a building site any more , and winter opening seemed more of a possibility . |
| 11 | He did n't act much like a man who was expecting a favour , and if it were n't for Ana he certainly would n't get one . |
| 12 | In fact , the whole hierarchy of the police is very much like a school , and a public school at that , and the reserve men are at the bottom of the line ’ ( FN 7/7/87 , p. 25 ) . |
| 13 | The boxing match is covered much like a TV fight ( hence the name TV Sports ! ) with ‘ live ’ reports from a TV presenter . |
| 14 | You 're getting too much like a poofie actor , mate . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Hello , ’ Ken called back , feigning the appearance of what looked very much like a smile . |
| 16 | Governors have an increasing responsibility for schools they serve , very much like a board of directors of a public company but , unlike company directors , they may have little specialist knowledge or previous experience of management . |
| 17 | It 's much like a DYPP , and should really have been called DXPP , but someone came up with the name Tech-Tech first ( on the other hand , just try to pronounce DXPP ! ) . |
| 18 | When he finally looked back , and saw that Pie'oh'pah had gone , he pulled the sheet up around him like a toga , concealing himself from the absence in the room , which stared back at him too much like a reflection for his peace of mind . |
| 19 | The Snotling Pump Wagon is very much like a chariot in that it consists of a wooden fighting platform , rather like a ramshackle wooden hut on wheels , and it moves under its own power . |
| 20 | Thomas Blunt , the bailiff of Chaddesley Corbett 's annuity of 20 marks looks very much like a salary , similar to Thomas Solley of Hindlip 's ‘ fee of one mark for the bailiwick of Abbotsey ’ . |
| 21 | I gave her a ridiculously expensive mouth organ one Christmas , much like a cocktail cabinet . |
| 22 | Physically , it looks much like a video cassette recorder with a matt black livery chosen , no doubt , to suggest its connection with the world of hi-fi audio , televisions and video . |
| 23 | The bridle in this case is a lateral one with lines to either side of the central pick-up point , and all at the very leading edge of the kite which then flies much like a glider on its towline . |
| 24 | When Williams appeared to like the idea , Orton totally changed the part so that it could fit him , not so much like a glove , but like a well-crafted cabinet , one in which Ken could be displayed at his finest and with plenty of space to ensure that nothing got in his way . |
| 25 | It is too much like a divorce . |
| 26 | These young people , much like a flock of birds , settled along the Joneses ' street frontage . |
| 27 | Herself works very much like a variable from logic . |
| 28 | Which , thinks Howard , may not sound much like a compliment — but which sounds considerably more like a compliment than anything else Phil has ever said . |
| 29 | The sound that had made O look up came from a man who was sitting on the floor , leaning against the wall of the tunnel , looking not much like a beggar , but just someone worn out ; perhaps he had collapsed there and was resting . |
| 30 | In this chapter , I have sounded much too much like a philosopher . |