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

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1 It all reminded me of what I received when I dared to make some mild criticism of the habits of cyclists and for much the same reason .
2 A piece of pinewood , said Robert Craig , a Scottish electronics engineer , the log going up and down like the ‘ bees ’ in a bottle of bees wine and for much the same reason .
3 Some grow much better in damp places where the fish could nibble at them when they felt like it or if they needed to — in a similar way to a dog eating grass — and for much the same reason .
4 More recently , and for much the same reasons , Stelux , from Hong Kong , bought the Bulova Watch Company in the USA .
5 And for much the same reason as for Mars the thermosphere of Venus only reaches modest temperatures ( section 3.4.1 ) .
6 Britain therefore experienced a credit squeeze in the early 1990s during a period of recession in much the same way — and for much the same reasons — that she experienced a credit boom during the period of growth and ‘ overheating ’ in the mid-1980s .
7 Exactly the same battlelines , with exactly the same watchwords and against much the same enemies , now urgently need to be drawn up to save the traditional British pub .
8 Despite the thick skirt and cardigan , Agnes was surprised at the delicate frailness of her , like one of those rather coy Parian ware figurines , and with much the same over-large blue eyes .
9 Hall , whose second round score was 79 , missed from seven feet at the first and from much the same distance at the last .
10 These sculptures must date from the middle or later seventh century , and from much the same time come the first carved fragments plausibly associated with a Doric temple .
11 They looked at each other for the first time with a long , speculative look , weighing up the possibilities honestly and in much the same terms .
12 Thus rapidly , and with support on all sides , did Co-operation become accepted as a means of doing business , and at much the same time as did the joint stock company in essentially its modern form .
13 The thought that the country might attempt suicide once again , so soon and by much the same means as last time , is almost too painful to contemplate .
14 Secondly , and by much the same token , we would condemn any suggestion that there is merit in regulation almost for its own sake : our justification for regulation can be only some real need to prevent what is unfair or damaging .
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