What is "along the lines of"

Usage examples of "along the lines of".

We should, however, remember that it is the tip which is sensitive to the contact of hard objects, causing the radicle to bend away from them, thus guiding it along the lines of least resistance in the soil.

And then there are the countless types of masks, which, if one likes, can all be interpreted along the lines of your theories.

He might have had time to work some escape along the lines of his arrival.

Then, when I encountered Martin and spoke with him, I began to feel that the changes I had been told would be for the better would not simply result in a revision of Amber more along the lines of my elders' liking.

The gardener seemed even to have been conversing, but at sight of the detectives he planted his spade sullenly in a bed and, saying something about his breakfast, shifted along the lines of cabbages and shut himself in the kitchen.

Turn to the classified section of a Sunday newspaper and you will find ads along the lines of 'Loss of memory?

The combatants were to engage along the lines of a formal Ehleenee duel and were to meet and exchange the customary greetings and toasts at a spot to be one hundred paces from the city walls and one hundred paces from the lines of Lord Alexandros' army.

He kept on passing the pointer along the lines of their bottoms which showed through the drapery.

Some felt it must have been a combination of several totemic essences, perhaps the entire male population, but most opinions fell into one of two camps, divided almost entirely along the lines of age.

All of them, Harry noticed, seemed to be built along the lines of Crabbe and Goyle.

All of them, Harry noticed, seemed to be built along the lines of Crabbe and Goyle….

All of them, Harry noticed, seemed to be built along the lines of Crabbe and Goyle ….

All of them, Harry noticed, seemed to be built along the lines of Crabbe and Goyle&but then, as they drew nearer, walking up the lawns into the light streaming from the entrance hall, he saw that their bulk was really due to the fact that they were wearing cloaks of some kind of shaggy, matted fur.

If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized, along the lines of the Mafia.