Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the same amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not necessarily so : the US used roughly the same amount of energy each year from 1973 to 1985 , while its gross domestic product grew by more than a third . |
| 2 | MS-DOS 3.3 and DR-DOS occupy roughly the same amount of conventional memory . |
| 3 | Provide containers of various shapes which hold approximately the same amount . |
| 4 | Now let's keep the force the same , say we 've got a Mini engine providing us , just running it steady at three thousand R P M. Pushing out the same amount of force , keep the force the same , this time we put a smaller mass , we 've got a Mini engine and you 've put it on your pushbike . |
| 5 | there may be an expectation that we should , we should be absorbing increase in and getting roughly the same amount of money , but . |
| 6 | Americans , with whom the EC is arguing over farm subsidies in a struggling GATT round , spent almost the same amount ( $47 billion ) on government subsidies for farmers ; but , as consumers , they provided much less additional help — a mere $28 billion . |
| 7 | Roll out the same amount of white fondant and cut out four more circles using a 2·5cm ( 1inch ) round cutter . |
| 8 | Roll out the same amount of blue fondant to a similarly sized area and use to cover the remaining half of the body in the same way . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Mr Copeland also worked out what would have happened if a competing firm in the same industry had merely taken on the same amount of debt as the LBO did , without being bought out . |
| 11 | I had 260 gallons in my tanks , although we both had exactly the same amount of fuel when we took off from Wake Island in the morning . |
| 12 | When I eventually arrived back at Duxford , I had exactly the same amount of fuel on board that I flew out with ! ’ |
| 13 | At the same time , the bladder becomes less able to sterilise urine and the urine is less concentrated , so more fluids are needed to take away the same amount of waste ( see incontinence , pages 70 to 76 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | While you are not entitled to recover twice the same amount of loss , it is conceivable that you might be eligible for full compensation in respect of both claims . |
| 16 | In our sample , in the south both have lost virtually the same amount of ground ; yet the Lib Dems have won seats by the handful . |