Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] the same amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Stephen 's determined to open a hotel chain and listens to me about the same amount . ’ |
| 2 | You can adopt an ant for £20 — which some people may consider a little extreme , considering a scorpion will sting you for the same amount . |
| 3 | A tablespoon of bran , which might provide you with the same amount of fibre , is not nearly so nutritious . |
| 4 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |
| 5 | When the community care Support Force was inaugurated , many SSDs regarded it with the same amount of suspicion and distrust as a bird would a snake . |
| 6 | Similarly , just as when expectations of inflation were zero actual inflation of 5 per cent might sufficiently fool workers to generate an unemployment rate of 3 per cent , now , if expectations of inflation are 5 per cent , actual inflation would need to be 10 per cent to fool them by the same amount as before and hence generate the same unemployment rate of 3 per cent . |
| 7 | And the way that the Government has reduced the provision it makes for higher education erm is that it is has so far erm kept us with the same amount of resources while expecting us to take more students . |