Example sentences of "the [adj] way as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It is an association of two or more legal persons , in the same way as a company , but the association itself has no legal personality and outsiders deal directly with the members . |
2 | It 's judged in somewhat the same way as a divorce settlement , the same sort of amount . |
3 | It is strung in the same way as a viola and usually has two wire and three gut strings . |
4 | The patent operates in much the same way as a title deed to property , except that the ‘ property ’ can not be alienated . |
5 | A gradient of this produces a net acceleration of the fluid in the same way as a gradient of the viscous stress . |
6 | Fender have called this control ‘ Loudness ’ for two reasons : one , because it varies the amp 's loudness , and two , since it operates in much the same way as a stereo system 's ‘ loudness ’ control , boosting both bass and presence to create more palatable tones at low volume settings . |
7 | However , a sound source in the ocean can make water molecules vibrate in the same way as a noise on land causes the vibration of air molecules . |
8 | But , however special , it is first and foremost a workplace — in just the same way as a factory , a hospital , or school . |
9 | This will mean conceding the impossibility , whatever the strict legal interpretation , of farm land ever being treated by the urban population in the same way as a factory or even their own back gardens . |
10 | A videodisc player can be connected up to a monitor or television set in the same way as a videocassette player . |
11 | New draft guidance on the procedures for the outgoing and successor firm when a client decides to change advisers , issued by the Chartered Accountants ' Joint Ethics Committee , puts greater emphasis on the fact that any change in a continuing appointment , such as tax or accounting work , should be treated in the same way as a change of auditors . |
12 | A nation owing money to other nations … is impoverished or burdened in the same way as a man who owes money to other men . |
13 | To the extent that non-governmental bodies perform functions which government would have to perform if they did not , there is no good reason why such bodies should not be subject to judicial review in the same way as a government body performing equivalent functions would be . |
14 | Holding the idea that we are good , that we are lovable , that we are cared for , seems to act in much the same way as a tranquillizer . |
15 | BSAC medical officer Dr Peter Wilmhurst , of St Thomas ' Hospital , London , says : ‘ Divers are entitled to treatment under the NHS Act in the same way as a skater who breaks a leg on the ice or a rider who breaks his back falling off a horse . |
16 | Put the line ferret through the system and the loose ferret may well be located and subsequently dug out in the same way as a rabbit . |
17 | He has to relearn it stage by stage , building up his awareness through experience , in much the same way as a child learns about putting on clothes by himself . |
18 | This process seems to occur in much the same way as a plan position indicator in a radar system monitors the movement of targets recorded on the radar sets by reference to the stable map of the background locality . |
19 | This is generally done in much the same way as a diagram would be built up on the screen . |
20 | The scale works in the same way as a golfer 's handicap . |
21 | Mash tuns or Kieves ( a Dublin term possibly inherited from the 17th century Huguenot brewers ) are essentially great big strainers or filtering vessels where the mash is allowed to ‘ stand-in ’ , in much the same way as a pot of tea is allowed to ‘ draw ’ . |
22 | The Grand Theogonist is dealt two spells at the start of the game in the same way as a level 2 wizard . |
23 | Grom can regenerate wounds in the same way as a Troll . |
24 | A volley consists of 4 separate bolts , but these are always fired towards the same target in the same way as a unit of archers or crossbowmen . |
25 | SEGA 's Night Trap is the first computer game to be rated in the same way as a video by the British Board of Film Classification . |
26 | Damage is calculated in more or less the same way as a stone thrower . |
27 | They are normally pinned to a pelmet board in the same way as a pelmet , through pocketed webbing tape , hand stitched to the back . |
28 | It is not built into the Order , and it is not drafted in quite the same way as a recital ; in the example given , somewhat more in the nature of a summary and somewhat less in the nature of a statement of purpose . |
29 | That experience , that some might have taken as a manifestation of great love , I took as a warning in much the same way as a sentinel on the walls of Roman must have shouted : ‘ Take cover , here comes Attila ! ’ |
30 | The War Wagon fights in hand-to-hand combat in the same way as a chariot , except that its crew are armed with a variety of experimental weaponry as described below . |