Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj] resemblance to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Language is not an iconic sign system , in which the signifier has a visual resemblance to the signified ( as in the traffic signs for ‘ falling rocks ’ or ‘ humped-backed bridge ’ ) , but a symbolic one in which the connection between signified and signifier is arbitrary . |
| 2 | In these ways this design process has a close resemblance to the traditional design activity . |
| 3 | The Marxist critic reading a text for the ideological traces that it attempts to conceal — ‘ Hegelian grammar ’ is inescapable in such contexts — by its evasive gaps and silences , has an obvious resemblance to the Freudian analyst examining the manifest content of a patient 's dream for the repressed realities that are concealed within it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Boggers ’ ( no , I do n't know why , though I suspect it may have something to do with a haircut that bears a passing resemblance to a bogbrush ) may have a couple of incisive seasons left in him at best , but opponents will rarely get a moment 's peace when he combines with Bicknell and Waqar Younis next year . |
| 6 | It is a late-maturing breed and bears a superficial resemblance to the Limousin , whose region is fairly close to that of the Parthenais , but it is larger , bulls standing at about 138cm and weighing on average 1,050kg , and cows 135cm and 775kg . |
| 7 | And he was helped by the fact that he bears a slight resemblance to the blond singer in Abba , too . |
| 8 | Drummer Mark bears a spooky resemblance to the dodgy motor dealing brothers in Eastenders but do n't be put off . |
| 9 | Drummer Mark bears a spooky resemblance to the dodgy motor dealing brothers in Eastenders but do n't be put off . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | ERIC CANTONA bears a striking resemblance to the baubles on your Christmas tree — glossy , fragile and in need of careful handling . |
| 14 | The European cuckoo , with its grey plumage and barred underside , bears a striking resemblance to the predatory sparrowhawk , pictured below . |
| 15 | Although in profile and painted , rather than in relief , it bears a striking resemblance to the Alletio sherd from Corbridge . |
| 16 | And yet this type of ambiguity bears a striking resemblance to the scope ambiguities described above . |
| 17 | Chester 's Gateway Theatre is looking for a mild-mannered all round good-egg who bears a striking resemblance to the former Everton striker . |
| 18 | The Amstrad NC100 notepad — pictured below with Christopher Biggins , do n't ask us why — bears a distinct resemblance to the first item on your list . |
| 19 | Notice that such a skip instruction bears a close resemblance to a jump instruction using relative addressing ( see 4.3 ) . |
| 20 | Ophiotoma coriacea bears a close resemblance to the ophiomyxid Ophioscolex purpureus . |
| 21 | In addition , the Halstock mosaic bears a close resemblance to the mosaic from Broad Street , London ( pI . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It bears a remarkable resemblance to the kind of natural time machine postulated by Frank Tipler , of the University of Texas . |
| 24 | His description of Sien bears a remarkable resemblance to the image he had now formed of himself , She inspired disgust in other people . |