Example sentences of "have much the same " in BNC.

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1 The mechanism of change , the cultural ‘ instruction ’ as Cloak ( 1975 ) calls it , has much the same function in the historical process as genes have had in biological evolution , but the ‘ instruction ’ in cultural change is usually an acquired behavioural injunction existing in a world of meanings : the cognitive , although not always conscious , appreciation of their social environment by a human community .
2 Figure 5.13 shows the same data for the Focused model which , although it has much the same proportion of grid squares with differences in excess of 1000 people , now gives a total range from -4799 to +8339 .
3 It has much the same sort of fascination as a dictionary , or a encyclopedia .
4 Technically the Flydaway has much the same characteristics as a tram .
5 Today the express coach has much the same sort of function In the first years of the century the number of interurbans grew rapidly .
6 Indeed , much of the evidence suggests that , even if Mansell had not actually braked early , he had perhaps lifted his foot from the throttle , which has much the same effect in an F1 car .
7 RCT , based in Arizona , is a non-profit making trust fund , and has much the same relationship with US academic institutions as BTG has with UK ones .
8 ‘ First general circulation ’ has much the same meaning .
9 Mr Irvine has much the same difficulty within AT&T as the management does .
10 They do not suddenly appear out of nowhere or on the pages of a language textbook — which has much the same effect — but in varying sizes and on varying materials : out of ticket machines , on computer screens , under windscreen wipers , on hoardings .
11 The fact that ‘ emergency cases ’ apart , no medical treatment of an adult patient of full capacity can be undertaken without his consent , creates a situation in which the absence of consent has much the same effect as a refusal .
12 However , there is also in English a more substantial effect on linguistic form for all the separatives ; they are ungrammatical in predicative position , even when qualifying the same nouns that they can accompany fully acceptably in attributive position : ( 47 ) the king is/will be future fortunately , Dostoievsky 's execution was mock Likewise , in the attributive phrases in ( 48 ) , possible and occasional are separative , qualifying the relationship between the entity of the noun phrase and the descriptions RIVAL and SAILORS respectively , rather than directly qualifying the entity itself : ( 48 ) a possible rival now came on the scene Wilkes and Andersen are occasional sailors ( the last pair of words has much the same meaning as the phrase week-end sailors ) .
13 The to infinitive has much the same expressive effect in : ( 23 ) Certainly I looked for no such friendship as you have shown .
14 Such a clause has much the same effect as one which excludes liability for breach and in Anglo-Continental Holidays Ltd v Typaldos Lines ( London ) Ltd [ 1967 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 61 Lord Denning MR indicated that he would not be prepared to allow a party to rely on such a clause to change the whole nature of the contract .
15 2 Two or more words normally associating with each other and having much the same meaning as the nominal phrase , eg the very poor , a summit meeting .
16 David Feherty , who , like Richardson , has received his first Masters invitation , had much the same experience .
17 ‘ The man on top of the wedding cake ’ , as Dorothy Parker called Governor Dewey , with the snobbery of the rich left , had much the same experience of fallacious exaltation at the hands of the polls as poor Mr Kinnock .
18 This solution was applied both to aircraft and to Motor Torpedo Boats , which had much the same troubles as wooden aircraft .
19 Some had much the same sales after forty years as before .
20 Arthur Scargill had much the same idea , arguing that pits could only be saved by strike action and taking the battle to the streets .
21 Aubrey had much the same rather dry sense of humour .
22 Charlotte did not phrase her response as a rebuke , but it had much the same effect .
23 Colonialism had much the same impact on the traditional political systems with which it came into contact , especially those which were hierarchically organized for the purpose of a feudal mode of production .
24 Juveniles and non-breeding adults have much the same colour , being pale silver with a black stripe running from the eye to the caudal peduncle .
25 In the heat , a woman golfer could move from her normal 80 compression ball to a 90 , and an average male form his normal 90 to 100 , and still have much the same feel as usual , but with added distance .
26 Luckily we have much the same tastes in television .
27 Living side by side with them in those forests are a great many extremely interesting creatures that are not unique to the Oriental Region but have much the same lifestyle and some of the same physical characteristics .
28 France , Spain and Italy have much the same system of additionality as we have .
29 In respect of overseas offices of MNPs , the solicitor principals must comply with rules 12–16 of the Solicitors ' Overseas Practice Rules 1990 , which have much the same effect .
30 as well if you want The Express and The Mail have much the same pictures Got a football magazine and a Woman you can have a football , I ca n't u look
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