1.   A bird pecking at food grains could have known without learning what food looks like, or it could have learnt it.

2.   A duvet cover which looks like a contemporary painting, plain bright curtains and the whole effect softened with swooping net drapes.

3.   A few thin strands of black to grey hair and a nose that looked like badly applied putty.

4.   A light snowfall was just beginning, and Jasper looked like wonder itself with snowflakes in his hair.

5.   A new poll makes drought-stricken Texas look like an oasis for the support-thirsty presidential campaign of presumptive Republican nominee Bob Dole.

6.   A peace settlement now looks like a real possibility.

7.   A row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line.

8.   Agents, these days, they look like corporation men but Herrick was more show biz than Coco the Clown.

9.   All the Star Wars hardware, so convincing on-screen, would look like toys by comparison.