Example sentences of "[prep] pretty much the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It consists of pretty much the same dishes found in simpler households , but will be made with more expensive ingredients , made smaller and more delicate , with almost no chilli , and served in particularly exquisite porcelain , silver and gold . |
| 2 | And booksellers were ready for it with pretty much the right books at the right prices to enable them to compete effectively for the consumer 's cautiously placed pound . |
| 3 | His statement — ‘ A lending library after all is only a means of delivering a commodity to consumers in pretty much the same sort of way as a supermarket . |
| 4 | But Sunsoft is not alone in its problems : Next Computer has had to delay the Intel version of its NextStep environment for pretty much the same reason . |
| 5 | Blood alcohol levels rise at pretty much the same rate in infrequent and habitual drinkers . |
| 6 | It would be tedious to quote more than a few examples of the evidence from parliamentary commissions , the STC , union reports and surveys etc. , but the following quotations are typical : " About the only work which the women can do is to stand or sit at their formes and set up type ; and to distribute the types back again into the cases , but of course this is only a portion of a compositor 's work " ( an employer ) ; " " As far as mere type-lifting is concerned , she may do , but there is other rough work in connection with compositors " work which I do not think a woman is qualified for " ( a union leader ) ; " Women … get the best , i. e. the simplest jobs … they are kept always at pretty much the same kind of work " ( an employer ) . |
| 7 | They are kept always at pretty much the same kind of work and thus become very skilful at it " ( employer quoted by Macdonald ) . |