Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [adj] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And , in all probability , your tug will be much the same as theirs . |
| 3 | Thankfully , US standards seem to be much the same as ours , so there 's no problem there . |
| 4 | After the first thirty years of operation of the NHS , however , there had been disappointingly little change ; in 1976 , the Court Report noted that the variations in regional provision of service were still much the same as they had been in 1948 when the NHS began . |
| 5 | The ‘ Nicolson ’ is being dropped , but other than that the books are very much the same as they always have been . |
| 6 | Yes the they were much the same as they are now but er , of course the one nearest was the er spraying hanger , that 's where they used to build the Swallow side-cars , the main office building there 's a large hanger with large sliding doors at the back of there which used to house the erm experimental department for the Harvard Aircraft and erm they used to operate the flight gang from there getting the planes ready to go up to be actually tested , and then the next hanger up was very much er starting from scratch and finishing the aircraft structurally you know . |
| 7 | But grypesh do much the same as we do : they hole up and wait for the weather to pass . ’ |
| 8 | His campaigning manner today is much the same as it was when he set out three weeks ago to seek his coveted mandate . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No , it 's pretty much the same as it always was , just pretty laid-back . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Much the same as it is behind , ’ Boxer replied . |
| 17 | The bay to his left was labelled ‘ Fiction A-H ’ , and to his right was the cash desk looking much the same as it must have done on the day the shop was first opened . |
| 18 | Ah well more or less much the same as it is today . |
| 19 | Springhill now is much the same as it was in 1953 when itwas handed over from the RAF . |
| 20 | He played violin , so my interests were much the same as his , having only played classical music all my life . |
| 21 | He looked much the same as he did later , with a T-shirt and his 5000 volt haircut . |
| 22 | Philonous , in my dialogue , is much the same as he was in Berkeley 's dialogue ; but Hylas is a changed character . |
| 23 | Though neither of them mentioned it , she was obviously feeling much the same as he was and he was overcome by a longing to rush to her side , hold her , comfort her , whisper that everything would be fine . |
| 24 | I go and sit beside him on his boxes and feel much the same as he does . |
| 25 | If I 'm going to a club I will wear much the same as I wear for work . |
| 26 | ‘ You look much the same as you always looked . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Pretty much the same as you . |
| 28 | The idea is that formalizing it much the same as you had , I 'd just given and it 's got induction er it 's got A B C erm there are personal details so that departments people picking up , see where they 've gone , see where they 've been and in things like skills , knowledge required , objectives start , finish dates how and with whom results comments . |
| 29 | There have been 2 by local newspapers and both show our support more or less the same as it was back in 87 with a substantial drop in Liberal Democrat support and a substantial rise in support for Labour . |
| 30 | If you are a member of a contracted-out occupational pension scheme , you are legally entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension which must be broadly the same as you would have got under the State scheme ( i.e. the additional pension ) . |