little resemblance to
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflittle,resemblanceandto
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little
adjective
uk/ˈlɪt.əl/us/ˈlɪt̬.əl/
small in size ...
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resemblance
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈzem.bləns/us/rɪˈzem.bləns/
the fact that two people or things look like each other or are similar in some ...
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to
preposition
uk/tuː/us/tuː/
used before a verb to show that it is in ...
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(Definition oflittle,resemblanceandtofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflittle resemblance to
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Unfortunately, this argument bearslittleresemblanceto my argument.
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Unfortunately, the editor's own contribution bearslittleresemblanceto what actually follows in the rest of the text.
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However, these models displaylittleresemblanceto the majority of clinical cases.
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That these views bearlittleresemblanceto what is happening in the country itself is scarcely the point.
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On the other, the linguistic forms used in these asymmetric exchanges hadlittleresemblanceto forms used in the media and education.
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These restrictions mean that the matrix may bearlittleresemblanceto actual mixing patterns.
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The desired outcomes identified in our study bearlittleresemblanceto outcome measures commonly used to evaluate community care services.
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The primary structures of the two chloroplast $ thioredoxins show relativelylittleresemblancewith only 30 % identities.
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Triage in this setting requires a separate analysis and justification; it bearslittleresemblanceto normal civilian triage in its ultimate purpose.
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This vision of the production of value, based on close human interdependence, borelittleresemblanceto that of liberal economics.
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For, in reality, the evacuation borelittleresemblanceto the organised and orderly procedure that officials had intended.
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Most farms rely on off-farm chemical inputs and havelittleresemblanceto natural systems.
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The full figure in profile bearslittleresemblanceto the lords presented on the plaques mentioned earlier.
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David can say this only because he has chosen his own narrow definition of plain language that bearslittleresemblanceto reality.
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Banham's use of this latter term bearslittleresemblanceto its conventional meaning in the natural sciences as the study of the interaction and habitats of living organisms.
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Similarly, with aircraft types and with ships, where the different types of frigates and destroyers bearlittleresemblanceto each other.
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It seems that its members have now worked out in their minds certain completely mythical situations which bear verylittleresemblanceto the truth.
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There islittleresemblancebetween this affair and cases of espionage where vital secrets have been involved.
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