Example sentences of "is much the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my opinion of the book is much the same now as it was that day in Kathmandu . |
| 2 | The activities of politicians , pop stars and policemen notwithstanding , life for most people is much the same , obviously , whatever decade it is — more or less endurable if you are young , that is , and quite the opposite if you are not . |
| 3 | The unofficial rate on the black market is much the same and you are more than likely to end up with either Polish money or old Czechoslovak currency which is not legal tender . |
| 4 | O'Brien is much the same age as Charles , and a man of huge industry and enthusiasm whom Charles is able to spark ideas off . |
| 5 | The technique used is much the same as that used in hospitals to find fractures in bones ; where the metal is broken the film is blackened by the X-rays which pass unhindered through the break ; where the metal is densest , more of the X-rays are stopped and the film remains pale . |
| 6 | His campaigning manner today is much the same as it was when he set out three weeks ago to seek his coveted mandate . |
| 7 | In dramatic terms the mix is much the same : cosy periodity , with some mild swearing , the odd whiff of sex and Peckinpah-style slo-mo for the violence . |
| 8 | There are still those who say they ca n't get used to Citroen steering and that the suspension makes them sick ; there are many more who say getting used to any other sort of steering after driving a D- or C-series car is much the more difficult adaptation to make . |
| 9 | What 's more , the engine is much the same as that in the 1935 15-series cars , and Citroen 's engines were never as far ahead of their time as the rest of the car . |
| 10 | With Bath to play their last match at home , it looks as if the title will once again belong to the West Country , even if Orrell were to win their last two games , as Bath 's points difference is much the greater . |
| 11 | The procedure in Team D is less easy to categorize ; in new referrals it is much the same , but these may constitute a somewhat lower proportion of the team 's work . |
| 12 | By Christmas 1985 the DoE publicly sought to distance itself from the CEGB video , acknowledging that ‘ the film attempts to minimise the British contribution to acid deposition in Norway when it is much the largest . ’ |
| 13 | The principle behind all the models is much the same — a cylinder of solid glue is forced through a pistol-like tool . |
| 14 | His attitude towards him is much the same as that of the ‘ poor white ’ to the ‘ niggers ’ in the former slave states of the U.S.A … . |
| 15 | Pumice is much the best-known of all pyroclastic or ‘ fire-broken ’ rocks , but it is only one of many types which are ejected from volcanoes as solid , fragmentary material . |
| 16 | The process is much the same in each negotiating situation ; actual bargaining is seldom the same from one issue to another . |
| 17 | But Redmire , apart from its almost unique ability to grow exceptionally big carp ( it produced the current record of 51lb 8oz ) , is much the same as a lot of carp waters . |
| 18 | This table also shows , as one would expect , that the proportion of clients remaining at home declined between six months and one year ( except in the case of the Ipswich control sample , where numbers were very small ) ; that residential accommodation is the more widely used form of institutional care ; and that although there is some difference between Ipswich and Newham , the general picture is much the same in the two locations . |
| 19 | Superficially , the act of controlling for a variable which intervenes between the two original variables of interest is much the same . |
| 20 | whether both individuals are described by role descriptions or proper names , the enhancement is much the same . |
| 21 | INFUSE is much the largest , averaging twenty-four , commercially printed pages in each of its six issues per annum . |
| 22 | Synthetic chemicals are not intrinsically different from naturally-occurring ones — their basic chemistry is much the same , although there are some novelties ( eg chlorinated hydrocarbons — hydrocarbons are fundamental to life , but adding chlorine to them was a human innovation ) . |
| 23 | Growing your own vegetables is much the cheapest way of avoiding pesticides in the long run , but in the short term it may be possible to get unsprayed produce from someone with a large garden or allotment . |
| 24 | It is this intimacy which permits and often begets intensity , and the world of the spirit is much the poorer when such works are suppressed . |
| 25 | The latter class is much the more numerous . |
| 26 | The second method of connection is much the same as the series one just described , but the interconnection between the two secondaries is utilized , as shown in Fig. 1 ( b ) . |
| 27 | The basic method for extracting the detailed information is much the same though . |
| 28 | The equipment used is much the same ; the same drum machines as then . |
| 29 | Labour is much the stronger of the two main opposition parties . |
| 30 | It is much the same anywhere . ’ |