Example sentences of "[vb base] roughly the same " in BNC.

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1 There are often three related questions : do recipient governments really want the project ? do the target beneficiaries ( such as smallholders ) within the country really want the project ? do the donor(s) , the recipient government and the beneficiaries expect roughly the same from the project ?
2 The two types of engines occupy roughly the same space but it would be no mean feat , particularly now , to make the major alterations necessary to fit other than Rolls-Royce engines and the integrated British-built train .
3 MS-DOS 3.3 and DR-DOS occupy roughly the same amount of conventional memory .
4 Rather convenient that German paratroopers and Luftwaffe aircrews wear roughly the same uniform . ’
5 No problem — you must understand that I 've aged a little , I mean I still look roughly the same .
6 While the latter is much more of a page makeup program than Fontasy they both produce roughly the same results at the end of the day .
7 If this is not possible , allow roughly the same amount of space on each opposing side ( for example , by placing one side of the rug a few feet from a wall and the opposite side the same distance from a large piece of furniture ) .
8 MIPS claims all RISC chips offer roughly the same performance and that its R4400 96 SPECint89 score puts it in the same league as HP , distinguished by its significantly lower price and wide availability .
9 These works follow roughly the same form : opening flourish , followed by a quiet tune over arpeggios ; more tunes are brought in and developed ; leading to swaggering finale .
10 In many countries , regular servings of beer , wine and spirits contain roughly the same amount of alcohol — but many people still believe that a measure of spirits contains more alcohol than a glass of beer .
11 According to the Nilson Report , a Californian publication that follows the industry , Citibank 's Visa/MasterCard and Sears ' Discover cards have roughly the same number of holders ( 20.4m and 21.6m respectively ) , but Citibank 's card brought it $600m in net revenue against Discover 's $117m last year .
12 They have roughly the same diameter down their whole length , but instead of being straight they have many short undulations , making them appear crimped or crinkled when viewed under a magnifying lens .
13 This is basically why glass ( W = 6 J/m 2 ) is brittle and steel ( W = about 10 5 J/m7sup2 ; ) is tough , although both these materials have roughly the same tensile strengths .
14 Today the organization and staffing of the local FWAs vary , but they have roughly the same aim : to promote family welfare by helping families overcome their problems .
15 For example , the available evidence suggests that commodity futures are subject to little systematic risk , while index futures have roughly the same systematic risk as the market portfolio , which is the portfolio of all shares in the market held in proportion to their market capitalization .
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