Example sentences of "[adv] the [adj] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are prescriptive in the sense that their role is to prescribe ( which means much the same as recommend ) some particular sort of conduct . |
| 2 | The legal consequences are much the same as ensue on the dissolution of any firm or the departure of partners . |
| 3 | You will see that up to max. flash the image will look much the same as using the techniques described for pre-flash , establishing more mid and highlight tones . |
| 4 | You will see that up to max.flash the image will look much the same as using the techniques described for pre-flash , establishing more mid and highlight tones . |
| 5 | This turns out to be much the same as looking at ratios of odds , but avoids cumbersome multiplicative arithmetic . |
| 6 | Where , the environment trust , since our initial meeting have spoken er , both with Essex County Council and community groups in the area and have made substantial progress erm on the idea of er , using some of the land to the rear of er , the existing Franklyns block er , so they do want to come back with some wider proposals for a larger scheme which will be much the same as regards the Franklyns block but will include nine er , additional homes erm , and they will be two three bed houses and seven er , two bedroom houses . |
| 7 | ‘ The chances of being libelled in a big way are probably much the same as winning the football pools , and the results are very much the same . ’ |
| 8 | I only eat at the Vetch-Retch these days when someone else is paying , which is much the same as saying when England wins at cricket . |
| 9 | This is more or less the same as saying that theme normally precedes rheme . |
| 10 | Erm , that is n't necessarily the same as saying by the way your section will have to repeat that saving in future years . |
| 11 | Connecting a plotter to a computer is generally just the same as connecting a printer , at least in terms of the interface . |
| 12 | But if you 've got the right attitude and right , as I said on the notes , right voice and the right er personality , it it 's just the same as having somebody face to face . |
| 13 | Which is just the same as saying eighteen divided by three equals something . |
| 14 | The method used is largely the same as described for waterlilies , the condition in which the seed has been stored being absolutely critical in most cases . |
| 15 | Flying forwards is exactly the same as hovering in a wind except that you now have consciously to do things which you probably did automatically in the hover . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's exactly the same as telling the wall it 's hurt the person who just banged his head on it . |
| 17 | When this legislation is pushed through , we shall face exactly the same as happened with the poll tax . |
| 18 | The order of the list of land birds is almost exactly the same as appears in Darwin 's 1839 Journal of the Voyage of the Beagle , so these notes must have been used by Darwin as the basis for his subsequent publication . |
| 19 | Ex exactly the same as going to the present day . |
| 20 | He did not believe himself to be any the wiser as regards the reason for it not firing , but he thought he might as well try again . |
| 21 | ‘ Expenses are always the same as costs for a period . ’ |
| 22 | It was nearly the same as writing a letter home from school . |
| 23 | It 's understandable that they can admire academics , but that 's not quite the same as loving them for the person they are . ’ |
| 24 | Looking after other people 's children can be very rewarding indeed , but it is also hard work and a big responsibility and is not quite the same as bringing up your own children . |
| 25 | County membership was not quite the same as holding a season-ticket for a Football League club . |
| 26 | Of course , the whole thrust of the historic avant-garde , and particularly its celebration here , lies in its being associated with a liberation from bourgeois ideology ; but this is not quite the same as having your revolutionary commitments tested by your aesthetic judgement . |
| 27 | Well that 's not quite the same as saying it is n't true , if I can just push you on that a little bit , you |
| 28 | So it 's just not quite the same as playing for people , so I guess that is my first love . ’ |
| 29 | One thing is certain , the pressure of playing in an amateur event , even for your country , is never quite the same as playing for money . |
| 30 | Recognising an opportunity area is not quite the same as putting together a specific concept and a plan of operating . |