Example sentences of "it bears a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It bears a close affinity to the work of W. G. Perry , whose detailed analysis of student development is based on considerable empirical work in the USA . |
| 3 | Although in profile and painted , rather than in relief , it bears a striking resemblance to the Alletio sherd from Corbridge . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Peter Townsend argues that the dependence of the elderly is ‘ structured ’ in that it bears a structural relationship to social class inequalities , the division of labour , social security policies , social institutions , and so on . |
| 6 | It bears a remarkable resemblance to the kind of natural time machine postulated by Frank Tipler , of the University of Texas . |
| 7 | Another arcade adventure based on a film but at least this time it bears a little relevance to the subject matter . |
| 8 | It bears an uncanny resemblance to GM 's victorious Sunraycer of two years ago . |