Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] much the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denmark joined the EEC for much the same reasons as the British did : she wished to ensure that she was not excluded from a large ‘ home ’ market , particularly for her agricultural products . |
| 2 | Devotees don their kinte-cloth caps in much the same spirit as British Thatcherites sport their tweeds and Republicans their blazers . |
| 3 | He outlined his purpose to the pair of journalists in much the same words as he had used to the members of the nascent Rothschild CPRS on the lawn at No. 10 in 1971 : |
| 4 | Massage , particularly aromatherapy , stimulates circulation in much the same way . |
| 5 | and they , they beat out the rhythm in much the same way |
| 6 | Aunt Emily said from the doorway in much the same tone , ‘ My dear Alexandra ! |
| 7 | But it is a happy thought that Glenda Jackson probably affects Conservative supporters in much the same way . |
| 8 | Towards the late afternoon , exhausted by its own violence , it began to die slowly and soon the ‘ great noise for nothing ’ became a gasping puff , The doors were opened and we stared at the drifts of dust which had banked against houses and cars in much the same way that snow drifts against walls and trees . |
| 9 | Insider dealing is an economic crime in much the same way as theft is a crime of property . |
| 10 | In Men of Iron , released in 1935 , Warner Bros attempted to use the steel industry in much the same way as they had earlier used the coal industry . |
| 11 | From behind two hands gripped his shoulders in much the same way that an old tree root coils relentlessly around a pebble . |
| 12 | Health visitors employed by local authorities in the 1900s were advised to show courtesy to their clients in much the same manner as their late nineteenth-century counterparts . |
| 13 | Having done so much to point up the plight of blacks in the 1960s and 1970s , Ali reduced himself to little more than a comic figure in much the same way as Johnson had . |
| 14 | Germany also began during the first years of the twentieth century to make some patchy and sporadic provision of much the same kind for her trade interests abroad . |
| 15 | The high degree of stylistic affinity maintained between the pavements from Woodchester , Barton Farm and Stonesfield ( section 5.1 ) does suggest the work of much the same group of craftsmen . |
| 16 | She stepped back , massaging her wrist and looking at Hrun in much the same way that a cat watches a mousehole . |
| 17 | Elongated bodies , the mitochondria , provide energy by burning oxygen in much the same way as many bacteria do . |
| 18 | On the contrary , as the next chapter will show , legal ownership is recognised and distinguished from equitable ownership in much the same way as a legal estate in land is distinguished from equitable interests therein . |
| 19 | Feeding on an abundant sedentary prey ( several years ' supply may be found within 1 m , ) , there is little stimulus for great activity and dog-whelks may spend long periods in much the same place . |
| 20 | There were twenty of us , other chaps in much the same boat as me , Nancy our tutor was cheerful , down to earth and did not expect us to be cordon bleu cooks . |
| 21 | This uses the shells of whelks , winkles and other gastropods in much the same way as a medieval knight used a suit of armour — to protect the soft and vulnerable parts of the body from attack . |
| 22 | The evidence suggested rather that the USSR was a defensive and sometimes opportunist power , responding to changing circumstances in much the same way that any other government ( or its tsarist predecessor ) might have done . |
| 23 | Balkan aggression was directed at the Germans and Austrians for much the same reason that Polish nationalism was directed against the partitioning powers , but unlike the Poles , the Serbians and Bosnians were supported by the Russians . |
| 24 | Then , as now , coal provided the fuel for much the greater part of the country 's electricity . |
| 25 | ‘ That will have to change if I do n't land a job with much the same salary , and jobs like that do n't exactly grow on trees , you know , particularly when you 're over fifty . ’ |
| 26 | They watched television with pleasure , but treated its political messages with much the same scepticism as they did ordinary speeches and broadcasts : it did not seem that television had greater persuasive power to mould Zuwaya minds than other media . |
| 27 | The Ebrahimi type of doctrine is most likely to occur when a partnership is converted into a company but the same people are involved as before and carry on the business with much the same attitude . |
| 28 | This has long been recognised , and the courts have tended to construe indemnities in much the same way as exclusion clauses : thus an indemnity will be construed strictly contra proferentem ( Canada Steamship Lines v R [ 1952 ] AC 192 ; Smith v S Wales Switchgear Ltd [ 1978 ] 1 All ER 165 ) . |
| 29 | Shetlanders seem to assess the good job in much the same way as incomers . |
| 30 | Again , this volume offers some insights into people who are motivated to move in retirement and how couples , both of whom were in employment , support each other emotionally after retirement in much the same way as they did before . |