Example sentences of "roughly the same [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the overall increase in affinity of RNA polymerase for the gal P1 promoter due to CRP binding is roughly the same whether those sequences are present or absent . |
| 2 | As Mather ( 1987 ) observes , the forest area of the USA has remained roughly the same since c. 1920 but annual growth rate has increased by 350 per cent more than in 1920 . |
| 3 | That would mean a cut of £5bn , Mr King said — roughly the same as the annual cost of the Royal Navy . |
| 4 | In the past two quarters manufacturing output per man-hour fell by an annual rate of 1.1% , roughly the same as in previous recessions , but non-manufacturing productivity — a good proxy for services — rose by an annualised 1.2% compared with a typical decline of 1.5% in past recessions . |
| 5 | In 1985 their consumption was roughly the same as in 1973 , even though real GNP had increased by a third . |
| 6 | Though they fell far short of the giant-killing exploits of Citizen Ralph Nader in the decade to come , the consumers ' organizations provided a rallying point and the hard evidence to contest the claims of £450 million-worth of advertising a year , roughly the same as was spent on schools . |
| 7 | The Lower Earnings Limit ( LEL ) is set each year by the government in April , and is roughly the same as the basic pension . |
| 8 | After making an allowance for what you 've used since the meter reader called , is it roughly the same as the reading on your bill ? |
| 9 | Although financial director Michael Langley said that the product is approaching the end of its life , he believes ‘ there are a few years in it yet ’ , and expects 1993 sales levels to be maintained at roughly the same as 1992s . |
| 10 | For example , De Vane ( 1975 ) concluded that their economic regional multiplier was roughly the same as hotels , but that insufficient data were available to assess their effect on house prices . |
| 11 | Setting aside the physical hardware , in terms of power a Macintosh performs roughly the same as a PC/AT , there are other fundamental differences between the two systems . |
| 12 | The usual advice is to wait for three menstrual cycles to go by , which is roughly the same as three months . |