Example sentences of "similar in many [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 The conclusions that I have come to about what is and is not important in the area of environmental scanning and business strategy are similar in many respects to those of White and Wilson , in another piece of British Library-sponsored research [ White & Wilson ( 1985 ) ] .
2 Far from being a ‘ disease of the mind ’ , as was once supposed , schizophrenia can now be regarded as an ‘ organic ’ disorder similar in many respects to Parkinson 's and Alzheimer 's diseases , in which pathological changes and abnormalities are more easily identifiable .
3 Also Mississippi Valley Type ( MVT ) mineralisation which is very similar in many respects to Pennine-style .
4 In the words of F. H. Bradley — someone who held views similar in many respects to Oakeshott — if we abstract those features which result from social context the exercise becomes ‘ a theoretical attempt to isolate what can not be isolated ’ .
5 Though similar in many respects to developed-country multi-nationals , these firms have important differences , both positive and negative for their home and host economies .
6 It was similar in many respects to the document Tolonen had brought to Li Shai Tung shortly after the event the papers drawn up by Major DeVore .
7 Internally , these organizations are similar in many respects to the more or less bureaucratic corporations , military institutions and government agencies found in the West , not least in their dysfunctions of petty officialdom ( Feher , Heller and Markus 1983 , pp. 123–4 ) .
8 It is similar in many ways to its more aristocratic relative , but the characteristics of its wines are less well defined .
9 Official energies were instead directed to the establishment of a judicial system similar in many ways to that of Britain .
10 The condition of the altarpiece is similar in many ways to its two famous neighbours at the Uffizi , both recently restored : Giotto 's Ognissanti Madonna and Duccio 's ‘ Maestà ’ .
11 The task being undertaken here is similar in many ways to Paasi 's ( 1986 ) exploration of the parameters of a region .
12 The land into which the Russians advanced was similar in many ways to Canada in terms of terrain , climate and natural vegetation .
13 It is probably similar in many ways to diets you have seen or ready about before , but there are some very important differences .
14 Nevertheless , the move to Easingwold , a small market town that was similar in many ways to Pocklington but with fewer saddlers , was a beneficial one , for the family certainly did better once they were there .
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