Example sentences of "in much the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was regarded by many as dangerously radical and extreme — in much the same style as the ‘ Bultmann school ’ in the last forty years — but it did introduce a new epoch in critical New Testament research , most notably by drawing attention to the distinct strands and theologies within the different New Testament documents . |
| 2 | Often the earliest jars and vases were decorated with hatched incised triangles and spirals in relief , in much the same style as the cosmetic jars made in the Cyclades : probably the designs were copied from Cycladic models . |
| 3 | Aunt Emily said from the doorway in much the same tone , ‘ My dear Alexandra ! |
| 4 | In much the same vein , one LEA considered recently a draft of a newsletter to parents outlining the implication of those rights so far as a child 's education in their early years was concerned . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In much the same vein his contemporary Macaulay wrote that " institutions purely democratic must , sooner or later , destroy liberty , or civilization , or both . " |
| 7 | The Mensheviks , convinced that only an early peace would enable them to consolidate the new regime , looked to the Stockholm conference in much the same spirit as did Ramsay MacDonald — to mobilize democratic forces in Western Europe to impose a negotiated peace on the warring states . |
| 8 | Devotees don their kinte-cloth caps in much the same spirit as British Thatcherites sport their tweeds and Republicans their blazers . |
| 9 | I believe I picked up the tape-recorder in much the same spirit — because I felt that whatever we did here ought to have a rather spontaneous feel to it , and yet at the same time be noticeably hard-wearing . |
| 10 | 15.39 Pupils working towards levels 8 to 10 should be involved in much the same programmes of work as those for level 7 , but will need increased opportunities , where feasible , for undertaking individual , responsible and formal roles . |
| 11 | We both seem to be held in much the same esteem . |
| 12 | In making such judgments one is in much the same position as a journalist describing a battle after it had taken place from the bar of a hotel , for the pressures in the 'sixties were very great and very immediate and those of us in the Ministries of Education responded to them as best we knew how . |
| 13 | We are conscious , in general , of some of our memory , and the results of speech generation , though in the latter case we are in much the same position as any other observer ( cf. |
| 14 | Thus a member of Lautro upon whom an intervention notice is served is in much the same position as a defendant to an action at law against whom an ex parte injunction is obtained . |
| 15 | One of the most important changes brought about in higher education by the Education Reform Act was the removal of polytechnics from local authority control and their conversion into independent institutions in much the same position as the universities . |
| 16 | Elsewhere in the interview Derrida invokes his key word ‘ play ’ in much the same sense in which Arnold employed it in the ‘ free play of mind ’ . |
| 17 | That it should need to be exorcised in that fashion , however , or at all , still leaves it looking potent , richly formative and far from innocent , and the fiction that ultimately emerges from it is ex-academic in much the same sense that it is ex-socialist . |
| 18 | In sum the archaeological evidence confirms in rather a striking manner the impression conveyed by writers who held to the view that ivory connoted luxury and in itself constituted a treasure in much the same sense as gold , silver and precious stones . |
| 19 | Her hair was black , like her daughter 's , and seemed to be cut in much the same shape , and she was wearing a purple dress . |
| 20 | The objection that the scientific revolution saw the separation of science from both religion and magic hardly clears the air , because religious beliefs played a role in the assault on magical practices , with hard-headed Protestants putting magic and Roman Catholic rituals in much the same category . |
| 21 | Yet upon recollection I seem to have known other men in much the same case . ’ |
| 22 | A piece of oral history may be meant to do without a presiding historian in much the same way in which an analytic session may be meant to do without a presiding analyst ; theoretical presuppositions are subject in each case to a show of suspension , though it is clear that the theories of Freud and others will be present in the consulting-room , and that oral historians may be sympathetic to socialism and to the methods of Marxist historiography . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Parysatis , wife of Darius , killed Statira , wife of Artaxerxes , in much the same way as Mrs Iverson was murdered . ’ |
| 25 | Pears are treated in much the same way , but are never wrapped . |
| 26 | Most other story ballets can be analysed in much the same way . |
| 27 | Chartered secretaries have had to develop during the 1980s in much the same way as their nearest counterparts , lawyers and accountants . |
| 28 | In much the same way his reference to the rundown , dirty and potentially dangerous state of public transport would strike a chord with commuters who use our shoddy and dilapidated railways or who drive on potholed roads . |
| 29 | For example , conditions necessary for seeds to germinate were often studied in much the same way by successive age groups . |
| 30 | 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 . |