Example sentences of "[vb past] almost the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Americans , with whom the EC is arguing over farm subsidies in a struggling GATT round , spent almost the same amount ( $47 billion ) on government subsidies for farmers ; but , as consumers , they provided much less additional help — a mere $28 billion . |
| 2 | They flew almost the same number of sorties ( some 2,600 each ) and lost nearly the same number of aircraft ( 72 with 431 and 74 with 434 ) , suffering virtually identical casualties . |
| 3 | Ironically , Ernst & Young chose almost the same moment to issue a plea for a simplification of the rules governing disclosures in company accounts — if this ASB warning is not acted on , the result could be exactly the opposite . |
| 4 | Sarah wore almost the same clothes , except that her shirt was red . |
| 5 | As for Pepys , there are curious parallels : both maverick MPs who did almost the same job trying to reform Britain 's armed forces — Pepys more successfully at sea ; both irreverent , yet painfully conscious of their need to keep their patrons sweet ; both hedonists fascinated by sex , class and gossip . |
| 6 | However , in 1932 a colleague of Rutherford 's at Cambridge , James Chadwick , discovered that the nucleus contained another particle , called the neutron , which had almost the same mass as a proton but no electrical charge . |
| 7 | It also shows that whereas the universities and polytechnics/colleges had almost the same number of full-time students in 1987 , part-time students were mainly concentrated in the latter and the Open University . |