Example sentences of "to the same effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1469 , during the reign of James III , Scotland was first described as an ‘ Impyre ’ — sixty-four years before the much better known claim of Henry VIII to the same effect . |
| 2 | Boswell that even in the absence of an express undertaking the implied undertaking against using information for an improper or collateral purpose could be relied upon to the same effect . |
| 3 | + There is a good deal more to the same effect . |
| 4 | It was now generally agreed ( despite claims to the same effect reaching back to the 1930s and beyond ) that the map of literary history was as complete as it was ever likely to become . " |
| 5 | In essence those statutory provisions had been to the same effect . |
| 6 | Paragraph 4–278 of Archbold , 44th ed. ( 1992 ) is to the same effect , though it must be read in the light of the guidelines , which their Lordships find it unnecessary for present purposes to consider . |
| 7 | The court gave judgment to the same effect in both cases . |
| 8 | The report of the European Parliament , entitled ‘ Blue Europe ’ ( document A 2-0319/88 ) , was to the same effect where it stated that |
| 9 | The language of rule 36 of the Coroners Rules 1984 is to the same effect . |
| 10 | There are further passages to the same effect in the speech of Lord Denning , at pp. 115 and 119 , and Lord Denning concluded , at p. 119 : |
| 11 | To the same effect is Professor Smith 's comment on Reg. v. Shuck [ 1992 ] Crim.L.R. 209 , 211–213 . |
| 12 | To the same effect was Rex v. Bland ( 1740 ) 7 Mod.Rep. 355 , and in 1794 in Rex v. Bishop of Ely , 5 Durn. & E. 475 Lord Kenyon C.J. regarded what had been said by Holt C.J. as settled law . |
| 13 | v. Grant , or some other authority to the same effect , and saying that by our law an offeror can be landed with a contract even though he never receives an acceptance , since the contract is held to be complete on the posting of the letter of acceptance . |
| 14 | Mr Blair also informed me of your own kind assurances to the same effect . |
| 15 | To say of two linguistic expressions that they have the " same meaning " , at best , is to say that under the same sort of conditions , they can be used in the same way , to the same effect . |
| 16 | The ferryman speaks to the same effect . |
| 17 | The Celestial Peak is an excellent top-of-the-range waterproof with a host of useful extras ; the Typhoon uses Berghaus 's Aquafoil coating to offer a cagoule-style mid-range jacket , while the Reflex uses HydroDry Actif to the same effect ; the Kintyre was also very practical and performed well , except for the hood , which is now being improved . |
| 18 | On January 3 , 1940 , the plaintiffs wrote to the defendants in these terms , ‘ we confirm the arrangement made between us by which the ground rent should be reduced as from the commencement of the lease to £1,250 per annum , ’ and on April 2 , 1940 , a confirmatory resolution to the same effect was passed by the plaintiff company . |
| 19 | But , even if you do n't know anything about the deeper workings , you can apply some common sense guidelines to the same effect . |
| 20 | I presume that the hon. Gentleman thought it right to return to the matter in the House having notably failed to achieve the result for which he hoped by an overheated press release to the same effect which he issued at the end of last week . |
| 21 | On Jan. 18 the Hungarian government had called for a complete Soviet withdrawal by no later than the end of 1991 [ for Hungarian Defence Minister 's non-committal response to a suggestion to the same effect in December 1989 , see p. 37130 ] . |
| 22 | Political parties were banned from the armed forces by presidential decree on Aug. 24 , following Yeltsin 's decree to the same effect [ see above ] . |
| 23 | But in ( 76 ) with the predicate qualifier the lady and her red hair are intensionally separated ; therefore while it is still possible to use ( 76 ) to the same effect as ( 75 ) , with everything that is constructed with the verb covered by without solid evidence , this notion may also be taken as only related to one of the two extending elements ; that is , Oliver may reliably know her and what she is like — it is her image as red-haired that was constructed without solid evidence . |
| 24 | The English case of Wille ( 1988 ) 86 Cr App R 296 ( CA ) is to the same effect . |
| 25 | There are frequent statements to the same effect , especially in cases decided since the passing of the UCTA 1977 , but it must be said that in the past the courts have often disregarded such exhortations and adopted strained and artificial interpretations . |
| 26 | As the gold backing for the dollar crumbled in the 1960s , the United States increased its pressure on central banks not to join private speculators in demanding gold ; in 1967 West Germany issued a formal declaration undertaking not to ‘ cash in ’ its dollars for gold , and most other countries , with the notable exception of France , apparently made unofficial statements to the same effect . |