Sentence examples for its equivalent of from inspiring English sources

But then every generation has its equivalent of "it was all fields around here when I was a boy".

It doesn't have its equivalent of Sibelius, Nielsen or Grieg, a composer who came to symbolise 19th-century nationhood.

Barr pointed out that in Holland, the government was forced to buy back its equivalent of PAF after privatisation because it needed it for public projects.

It certainly true that Tokyo needs to hike its equivalent of VAT from 5%to10%0% and probably beyond, but not until consumer confidence is re-established.

For many years, Formula One, like mountaineering, paragliding and other extreme sports, has had its equivalent of the Mafia's culture of omerta when it comes to open discussion of death.

The painting performs its equivalent of a mysterious white-out.

Every competing country gives the show to its equivalent of the BBC.

Wall Street now has its equivalent of a reality TV star.

I wondered, idly, if the sportof surfing has its equivalent of hackers.

Despite that, Labour eventually decided to unleash its equivalent of a nuclear weapon - Mr Balls.

X-ray astronomy has its equivalent of the Hubble Space Telescope in the Chandra X-ray Observatory.