Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] much the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Massage , particularly aromatherapy , stimulates circulation in much the same way . |
| 2 | and they , they beat out the rhythm in much the same way |
| 3 | Aunt Emily said from the doorway in much the same tone , ‘ My dear Alexandra ! |
| 4 | Insider dealing is an economic crime in much the same way as theft is a crime of property . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Elongated bodies , the mitochondria , provide energy by burning oxygen in much the same way as many bacteria do . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Then , as now , coal provided the fuel for much the greater part of the country 's electricity . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Shetlanders seem to assess the good job in much the same way as incomers . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | My sister Pat , aged thirteen was in theory being educated at home according to a syllabus devised by the Parents ' National Educational Union , and which worked on a postal basis in much the same way as the Open University does today . |
| 17 | However , a bright lady from one of the northern co-ops came up to me later with the simple answer : they were looking at the prices and making their choice on that basis in much the same manner as they might go into a butcher 's shop with a price tag for the weekend shopping firmly implanted in their minds . |
| 18 | Stamford lies at the crossing of several ancient prehistoric trackways , and , as these tracks were often aligned on ley lines , it is likely that the site of Stamford is an energy power point in much the same way as Avebury or Glastonbury is . |
| 19 | The Mensheviks , convinced that only an early peace would enable them to consolidate the new regime , looked to the Stockholm conference in much the same spirit as did Ramsay MacDonald — to mobilize democratic forces in Western Europe to impose a negotiated peace on the warring states . |
| 20 | The Government set up a Public Schools Commission to investigate the Direct Grant Schools : this brought together the sixty Heads of Direct Grant schools in the Headmasters ' Conference in much the same way as the Taunton Commission had led to the creation of the Conference itself in 1869 . |
| 21 | Over and above that are the various assurance schemes designed to offer as near as possible a guarantee of quality , safety , wholesomeness and implied animal welfare in the whole process in much the same way as the lion 's stamp once guaranteed eggs in the pre-Edwina Currie days . |
| 22 | The ‘ societal response ’ seemed to determine the outcome in much the same way , if not more so , as social and economic variables in sociological positivism . |
| 23 | After a long search through the booklet I discovered that Floridante was put together form ‘ live ’ performances at the Göttingen Handel Festival in much the same way as many of John Eliot Gardiner 's marvellous Handel oratorio recordings for Philips . |
| 24 | Catalysts can help control pollution from such vehicles — an oxidation catalyst removes unburned fuel and carbon monoxide in much the same way as it does on a petrol car . |
| 25 | It is interesting to compare Ferguson 's reaction to Vidor 's film with his reaction at much the same time to the newly released It Happened One Night , which Frank Capra had directed for Columbia . |
| 26 | Argentina 's government failed to arrest inflation for much the same reason . |
| 27 | Smaller rodents also chew bone for much the same reason , as well as for its calcium or phosphate content , and like porcupines they seem to prefer older bone rather than completely fresh bone . |
| 28 | Ella Bembridge was a formidably hearty spinster of fifty-five who had lived , with a wilting friend of much the same age , in a small cottage on the Lulling corner of Thrush Green for the past ten years . |
| 29 | She wore a bulky mock-leather jacket of much the same colour as the local brick , a tweed skirt and even in that light , wrap-around sunglasses . |
| 30 | Decorative , framed mirrors can be hung against a wall in much the same way as a picture , but to avoid having an exposed wire or chain , glass plates are often used . |