Example sentences of "same as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | And over the whole six-year period 1979-85 the average growth of M3 was 13 per cent , which happens to be exactly the same as it was between 1965 and 1973 , the period analysed by William Rees-Mogg in his famous article in The Times ( 13 June 1976 ) , ‘ How a 9.4 per cent excess money supply gave Britain 9.4 per cent inflation ’ , which denounced the conduct of economic policy in the early Seventies . |
| 2 | Asked about the recent fall in the pound , he explained in a later BBC interview : ‘ On the average , the exchange rate today is pretty well the same as it was three years ago . |
| 3 | The latest figures show the average mpg of 28.1 is the same as it was in 1987 . |
| 4 | It seems to me , everything 's going on just the same as it was before . |
| 5 | As a rule of thumb , moving a nearly new greenhouse will only cost about the same as it would to have it erected in the first place . |
| 6 | In spite of all the technological developments land sophistication and speed of modern communication , the point of a campaign roadshow is the same as it was in the days of the whistle-stop tour when politicians addressed voters from the backs of trains : to communicate with the maximum number of people in the short time available . |
| 7 | His campaigning manner today is much the same as it was when he set out three weeks ago to seek his coveted mandate . |
| 8 | The briefing was the same as it had been every day since he was born . |
| 9 | The ritual was the same as it had been the day before , adjusting the aerial , then , as he turned the tuner to the sound of whistles , crackles and snatches of foreign music , he said , ‘ Speak to me , London , ’ and , in obedience , it did . |
| 10 | It was wonderful to find the rapport was the same as it had ever been . |
| 11 | It was not just a reason to indulge in nostalgia ; though the tradition was basically the same as it had always been , except that in the past the people had walked further in the processions . |
| 12 | They used computers instead of quill pens , but the outcome of their labours was still the same as it had been for centuries — trade , the buying and selling of things that other people made . |
| 13 | His hairline at that age was receding at the parting , giving every intimation that he might be bald one day ; not so , in the event — photographs of him as an older man show clearly that same hairline , looking very much the same as it had in the days of his youth . |
| 14 | What they all tell you is that doing business and controlling credit overseas is much the same as it is at home except that it is more complicated and expensive . |
| 15 | Same as it ever was . |
| 16 | The demographic data we have provided are accurate enough , but no resemblance to any existing hotel or hotels in Knutsford is intended , and the competitive position described here is not the same as it is in reality . |
| 17 | ‘ Is your view about them today the same as it was then or do you now feel you might have acted differently ? ’ |
| 18 | They are unhappy with the idea of a Universe that has not existed infinitely looking much the same as it does today — the same consideration which fuelled the Steady State Theory . |
| 19 | The problem , alas , remains the same as it always was . |
| 20 | She was the best horse at Ascot where she got disqualified and she was brilliant at Sandown when people said she would n't handle going much the same as it will be at York . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ No , it 's pretty much the same as it always was , just pretty laid-back . |
| 22 | Boscastle is a truly delightful place , which looks very much the same as it must have done 600 years ago with its narrow winding streets and pretty 14th-century cottages . |
| 23 | The LTA 's principal claim to fame at the end of 1992 will be the same as it is now — the richest tennis organisation in the world . |
| 24 | After all that toil and trouble , the outcome was the same as it is more often than not in a constituency of the Republic — the same , that is to say , as if not a single vote had been transferred : the candidates elected were those who , on the showing of the very first count , had the greatest number of first-preference votes . |
| 25 | On this day , her mother always took an interest in the weather and the direction of the wind , and almost every year would look out at the white-capped waves and mutter about how the wind and sea looked much the same as it had on the day she lost her Sam . |
| 26 | But Bernice was sure she was still on the planet : the fourth wall and the floor consisted of blocks of masonry , and the gravity felt exactly the same as it had before the transmat trip . |
| 27 | That position now is the same as it stands before this legislation is passed . |
| 28 | Everything was the same as it had been when he left it to go to the club the night before last . |
| 29 | It was all the same as it ever was . |
| 30 | ‘ Much the same as it is behind , ’ Boxer replied . |