Example sentences of "much the [adj] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heavy industry produced not so much the industrial region as such as the company town , in which the fate of men and women depended on the fortunes and goodwill of a single master , behind whom stood the force of law and state power , which regarded his authority as necessary and beneficial . |
| 2 | The Council of Europe , an international organisation of European states , of much the same character as the United Nations Organisation , is in no way a part of the constitution of the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | ( In fact , the edition is based on much the same materials as will be used for the Rameau Opera omnia now in progress . ) |
| 4 | For the period before 1984 our analyses rely on much the same evidence as the Black report , though more complete registration data are now available . |
| 5 | The ages range from 4300 Ma to 4900 Ma , and dust from maria sites displays much the same range as dust from highland sites . |
| 6 | It was engaging with much the same processes as those later explored by Goffman , Harré and those working from a symbolic interactionist position . |
| 7 | The opening paragraph of The Autocar 's November 1965 test of a privately owned car ( to much the same spec as our example ) read : ‘ Few readers indeed will get this far before turning to the data page which follows , for the name of AC Cobra is synonymous with performance . |
| 8 | Whispering Robert Wyatt drifts in and out of ‘ Saratoga ’ , as the Marine boys continue in much the same vein as their splendid LP . |
| 9 | The spleen-venting and copious invective contained herein , is in much the same vein as that which brought Public Enemy notoriety as self-styled rap terrorists . |
| 10 | As the mite is much the same size as the ant 's head , the ant suffers a considerable burden . |
| 11 | Finally , the tessellation of the latter , although comprising tesserae of much the same size as those in the former , presents perceptible differences in the shape of tesserae ( often jagged ) , and uses fewer tesserae to cover a given area . |
| 12 | This is a major meditative speech brooding on the loneliness of the man caught between action and passivity — thinking aloud in much the same way as Hamlet does in his many renowned arias on the soul and the theme of revenge . |
| 13 | Parysatis , wife of Darius , killed Statira , wife of Artaxerxes , in much the same way as Mrs Iverson was murdered . ’ |
| 14 | Chartered secretaries have had to develop during the 1980s in much the same way as their nearest counterparts , lawyers and accountants . |
| 15 | The Asiatic system consists of separate units ; local communities which hold land communally in much the same way as tribal communities or the constituent units of the classical and feudal systems were believed by Marx to do . |
| 16 | Concepts like labour organized life in much the same way as the notion of God had done in the Middle Ages , and it had as little material reference . |
| 17 | Paintings and prints were distributed to colonial officials for display in much the same way as British embassies are provided with an official photographic portrait of the Queen . |
| 18 | Thus , in much the same way as the Bundesbank chairman , Dr Karl Otto Poehl , has been at pains to preserve the monetary integrity of the new Europe , so the Cartel Office is disturbed about abrogating to Brussels responsibility for all mergers involving a turnover of less than $5billion . |
| 19 | Two hours later players rubbed bruises , swapped jokes and drank pints in the clubhouse in much the same way as anywhere else . |
| 20 | This provides an excellent contrast to the more usual turkey and chicken dishes to be found on cold buffet tables , in much the same way as pastrami enlivens a plate of cold sliced meats . |
| 21 | ‘ Our Dublin plant has consistently failed to produce the expected results , and it is this unfortunate experience which will weigh heavily against any further investment in Eire ; in much the same way as it has weighed heavily against the UK . |
| 22 | It felt heavy and lifeless , in much the same way as it had felt that day in Spain when he had gone off the road . |
| 23 | He slipped into the obscurity of retirement , after more than thirty years in the Corporation , in much the same way as he had operated during his entire working life : unobtrusively . |
| 24 | Though it was relatively unsuccessful it confirmed and strengthened the trade union connection with the Labour Party in much the same way as the Taff Vale judgement had acted as an annealing force between the trade unions and the Labour Representation Committee in 1901 . |
| 25 | Before the arrival of the Packman , filling sprayers at Overy Farm was done in much the same way as it is on thousands of farms across the country . |
| 26 | Owners and vets rarely like to consider the possibility of psychosomatic problems with horses , in much the same way as people do not like to admit to suffering from them themselves . |
| 27 | In the same way , we may hear the horse 's neigh that demands breakfast or dinner , and when dinner has n't arrived immediately the demand is raised higher and more imperiously , in much the same way as people do . |
| 28 | WHILE the rest of the country is still trying to grapple with the effects of the recession , Las Vegas , the desert oasis created by gambling , continues to boom and prosper in much the same way as it has always done . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The NVC is intended to provide a national standard for describing vegetation , in much the same way as a national Flora describes the species , and so it is clearly desirable to refer to the NVC in local Floras . |