Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] much the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devotees don their kinte-cloth caps in much the same spirit as British Thatcherites sport their tweeds and Republicans their blazers . |
| 2 | 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 : |
| 3 | But it is a happy thought that Glenda Jackson probably affects Conservative supporters in much the same way . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | From behind two hands gripped his shoulders in much the same way that an old tree root coils relentlessly around a pebble . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | We can subtract fractions in much the same way that we add . |
| 15 | Medau teachers support and direct their classes in much the same way as a conductor does an orchestra — first they perform the movement to feel the accent , shape and dynamics , then begin to communicate with the class through voice , before developing the rhythmic possibilities with claps , clicks , drumbeats , other percussive sounds , improvised piano music or recorded music . |
| 16 | Distension of the rectum facilitates defecation in patients with complete supraconal lesions by generating rectal contractions and anal relaxations in much the same way as in normal subjects . |
| 17 | She had the feeling that at any second he might get up and walk around her , judging her from all angles in much the same manner as one assessed the points of a horse , and she lifted her chin , staring at him coolly . |
| 18 | De Gaulle handled the problem of the committees in much the same way that he had dealt with resistance organizations in 1944 . |
| 19 | Secondly , erm think of the world of ‘ Yes , Minister ’ , it must be so , or even more so in France perhaps , erm there 's this huge French administration which has done things in much the same way through the decades and I suppose wo n't easily be changed from doing them . |
| 20 | And the sample should exhibit these characteristics and variations in much the same proportions as in the total population from which the sample has been drawn . |
| 21 | I once went to the trouble of having a pair made in the finest white doeskin but fortunately I have now outgrown such extravagances in much the same way that I have outgrown the petty conversations and banal posturings of those who frequent literary gatherings or , worse , television studio canteens . |
| 22 | The probability matrix is raised to successively higher powers in much the same way . |
| 23 | Their graves were tended by surviving relatives in much the same way that they looked after the house of an absent friend . |
| 24 | In simple co-operative work , the Art Department can plan to examine particular patterns and structures at much the same time as the Science Department looks at crystals and lattices ; the Geography Department can look at climatology and weather charting at the same time as the Mathematics Department studies or revises graphs . |
| 25 | One of the most important changes brought about in higher education by the Education Reform Act was the removal of polytechnics from local authority control and their conversion into independent institutions in much the same position as the universities . |
| 26 | They will be staffed by teams of doctors and other professionals working in shifts in much the same way as hospitals are run . |
| 27 | The objection that the scientific revolution saw the separation of science from both religion and magic hardly clears the air , because religious beliefs played a role in the assault on magical practices , with hard-headed Protestants putting magic and Roman Catholic rituals in much the same category . |
| 28 | There can be no doubt that the buckle-end of a belt could be a formidable weapon , but in fact the belts were often pricked out in fancy patterns or embellished with metal studs in much the same way that modern motor-bike boys adorn their jackets with stud designs . |
| 29 | They help to shape and define the limits of the context of child care work for professionals in much the same way as the rules of a game do for the players . |
| 30 | Mrs Prynn left her to get on with her duties without any unusual comments ; Lady Roscarrock appeared to be her normal self , and the aunts and sisters dozed in their chairs or whispered their rosaries in much the normal way . |