Example sentences of "[adv] roughly the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of this was to compare the experience of and attitude to the police of Blacks , Asians and Whites living in roughly the same conditions . |
| 2 | It was possible to teach one single set of paddling techniques because all boats could be assumed to work in roughly the same way . |
| 3 | The earlier period of about 24 hours seems to have resulted from the observation that the elusive surface markings of Mercury lay in roughly the same positions on consecutive nights . |
| 4 | It is frequently assumed that large corporations act in roughly the same manner , whether they are part of the public or the private sector , and that their industrial relations follow the same pattern , too . |
| 5 | There are still roughly the same amount of people who do get drunk and create a problem , but we are now dealing with the street offences they cause at two or three o'clock rather than ten till midnight . ’ |
| 6 | By the time the draw takes place the audience will have had an eyeful of Loren and an earful of Pavarotti , who was once a deep-lying centre-forward and is now roughly the same shape as the ball . |