Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] much the " in BNC.

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1 Sand equipment can be varied in much the same way as the teacher would vary the equipment at the water tray .
2 As the Assembly rose to its feet ‘ amid shouts and tears ’ few of them would have realized that it was sixty years almost to the day since the Assembly of the Third Republic had responded in much the same way to the Tonkin crisis of 1885 .
3 The tactile grooming experience also appears to be enjoyed in much the same way a dog likes to be scratched and stroked , and many predatory species forgo the chance of a quick meal in favour of a good grooming allowing the tiny cleaner to even clamber around inside their mouths without harm .
4 The variation is constrained in much the same way as present-day phonological variation in speech communities is observed to be constrained .
5 Almost at the same time D. P. McKenzie of Cambridge and R. L. Parker of the Scripps Institution in America had come to much the same conclusions as Wilson and together these scientists were responsible for what they called the ‘ New Global Tectonics ’ .
6 It seems quite likely for I recall from courting days that my own amorous advances met with much the same response .
7 It also assumes that debentures or debenture stock will be transferred in much the same way as shares .
8 Before the arrival of the Packman , filling sprayers at Overy Farm was done in much the same way as it is on thousands of farms across the country .
9 This is generally done in much the same way as a diagram would be built up on the screen .
10 although the body-shapes are very different , these camcorders are operated in much the same way .
11 For example , the word ‘ here ’ will be said in much the same way in the following :
12 But in manuscript B of ‘ The Hunt for the Ring ’ ( written at much the same time ) just this idea is being entertained .
13 CHAIRMAN Sir Peter Parker was doing his best , but the 1980s opened with much the same worries of insecurity over government policy , lack of investment , and working practices which harked back to the old company rules .
14 Plants are classified in much the same way as animals , but just to make things difficult the largest units of classification are not generally called phyla but ‘ divisions ’ .
15 At the turn of the century a village wedding in Britain might have been celebrated in much the same way .
16 Kabanos are much thinner than chorizos but are used in much the same way , although the older , drier varieties are popular as chewing sausages .
17 ‘ In broad terms the acrylics are mature products , ’ he says , ‘ So the general expectation must be that they are likely to grow at much the same rate as the economy of the industrial world as a whole .
18 ( In fact , the edition is based on much the same materials as will be used for the Rameau Opera omnia now in progress . )
19 RJR Nabisco 's plans to buy back $1.5 billion of its debt were received in much the same way .
20 It is regarded as a matter of national importance and , as such , it is emphasized in much the same way as other elements of education .
21 Pears are treated in much the same way , but are never wrapped .
22 Steamers : Where manually cleaned these are treated in much the same way as refrigerator interiors followed by acid cleaner if necessary .
23 Although the immunological rejection processes that occur with organ transplants do not occur with synthetic materials , a complex series of reactions are available to deal with any invading object and biomaterials can be treated in much the same way as invading bacteria , setting up inflammatory processes .
24 Faith is being treated in much the same way .
25 In the late landscapes of Cézanne the sky is often treated in much the same way — as a complicated system of small , thickly painted facets or planes inextricably fused , and having a quality of weight and material existence .
26 The positivists ' emphasis on observable ‘ facts ’ is due largely to the belief that human behaviour can be explained in much the same way as the behaviour of matter .
27 Other propagation mechanisms could be introduced with much the same result .
28 For his improvising and melody line resources Joe draws from much the same scales we saw him use for his harmony .
29 A great-aunt who performed a similar caring role is remembered in much the same way , as the one who ‘ spoilt me …
30 Other laws can be proved in much the same way ( often rather more easily ) .
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