Sentence examples similar to akin to supposing from inspiring English sources

According to Rodriguez-Pereyra, because (M) is akin to the Liar sentence there's no reason to suppose that (M) is meaningful either.

Is the role of a lawyer to guide your client in a way that works for a public good — is it something akin to public office — or are you supposed to advance his interest?" "You're not a policeman," Matthews said.

I suppose it is akin to a little boy saying they want to be a firefighting superman astronaut when they grow up.

I suppose it is akin to holding a ball under water -- eventually it is going to pop up.

Second, the post supposes an advertising model akin to the dotcom days of advertising.

In this sense, the chain-rattle is akin to the regular G.O.P. complaint about the supposed language of "class warfare" — which has come to mean acknowledging that there are rich and poor people in this country.

Character, on the other hand, is more akin to linguistic meaning than reference and is supposed (according to Kaplan) to account for cognitive significance.

Despite their best efforts at exposing the supposed evils of industrialism, nothing akin to child labour or real abuse has even been alleged.

They tickle, coax and cajole their supposed betters into truth, or something akin to it.

Sitting in this upholstered niche is supposed to make a reader feel secluded — akin to being lost among a college library's dusty stacks — but still remain visible to passers-by.

They are supposed to be "directly capable of verification"—akin to propositions derived from laws of nature which can be checked by experiment (1928, 475).