"High-end television in its production process is very akin to that of film.
"The attitude of the Simpsons is very akin to the attitude of the channel - edgy and irreverent," she says.
"One thing I love about Mexican food is that it's very akin to British tastes," says Miers, a svelte businesswoman in her early 30s, who discusses her brand above the packed lunchtime cacophony of her Covent Garden restaurant.
I don't want to belong to any club that will accept people like me as a member". That sentiment is not exactly a tax principle, but it is very akin to one.
It's long been noted that the Martian terrain is very akin to the colder deserts here on Earth, and while large, multicellular life doesn't appear to be the norm on Mars, single-celled, salt-rich life might still be extant today.
In their fully upright position, they are very much akin to a first-class airline seat wide, well bolstered and not nearly as careworn or as industrial-feeling as one might find on a commercial aircraft.
Voters in the southern part of the state are very much akin to southern white voters, who have given an overwhelmingly large amount of support to Senator Clinton.
Livingstone is a big fan of The Godfather film franchise, stating that the actions of the criminal organisations within the movies are very much akin to the world of politics.
"The petition's primary aim is very much akin to pressuring someone that you love very much into going into rehab," Mr. Blatty wrote me in an e-mail.
