Sentence examples for as being akin from inspiring English sources

"It's perceived as being akin to denim, but it's not quite.

I see this period as being akin to the enclosures in agriculture in the 1790s".

Sonya Hartnett has spoken of the construction of her novels as being akin to musical composition.

"Virus" finds a fatal disease attacking cells, but Björk characterises the process as being akin to being loved too much.

"Chinese officials viewed these requests as being akin to submission to 'US government inspection' of Chinese sovereign interests," it said.

Arthur himself has spoken of the relationship between coach and captain as being akin to a marriage.

Speaking before the vote, he said he saw the role as being akin to being the conductor of an orchestra.

He described his research process as being akin to being at a crime scene and examining a weapon but lacking a body.

Basketball spiritualists like Phil Jackson have described the sensation of total immersion in the flow of the game as being akin to deep meditation.

As the state-run Global Times put it, "it seems that Internet users do not want officials to be perceived as being akin to common mortals.

Earlier this week Nato's commander, Lt Gen Charles Bouchard, described the situation within Misrata as being akin to "a knife fight in a phone booth".