Example sentences of "[indef pn] like the same [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sales , however , have been disappointing , and there 's been nothing like the same kind of interest the earlier books had . |
| 2 | Australia , Canada , the Republic of Ireland , and the United States have nothing like the same concentration of unqualified power at the centre of government as this country has . |
| 3 | Not even the same matches with the same results would have engendered anything like the same degree of atmosphere or emotion had it been staged at a neutral venue , which is what the situation would be in most years if the one or two weeks idea was adopted . |
| 4 | In the short space of time she had been in the ATS she had become aware how easily she attracted the opposite sex , a power which did not appear to have been conferred in anything like the same degree on her contemporaries . |
| 5 | E.D. Simon , Chairman of Manchester Housing Committee ( 1919–23 ) and Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Health ( 1931 ) was confident of being able to rebuild Britain within 20 years : ‘ If we can tackle the problems of peace with anything like the same sense of purpose , the same devotion , and the same efficiency as we have shown during the war , the Rebuilding of Britain will be child 's play ’ ( Simon , 1945 , p. 228 ) . |
| 6 | These data are insufficient to establish the variation of seismic wave speeds with depth in the Moon to anything like the same extent with which this has been possible in the Earth . |
| 7 | Neither did the very many railwaymen who were concerned with passengers , nor , since the canal companies did not usually operate as carriers , did they employ anything like the same number of men in handling freight . |
| 8 | It 's puzzling that the British public seems to share this feeling of worship for Russian dancers , yet does n't extend anything like the same respect to its own . |