Example sentences of "in [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | A wide range of scientific methods can be usefully employed to unmask fakes and fraudulent restorations , in much the same way that forensic methods are used in criminal investigations . |
| 35 | Their graves were tended by surviving relatives in much the same way that they looked after the house of an absent friend . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | I once went to the trouble of having a pair made in the finest white doeskin but fortunately I have now outgrown such extravagances in much the same way that I have outgrown the petty conversations and banal posturings of those who frequent literary gatherings or , worse , television studio canteens . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | The discovery of Italian bronze coins of the third century BC in the area of modern Yugoslavia may perhaps indicate the presence there of individual pilgrims , tourists , soldiers or traders from Italy , in much the same way that the presence of hundreds of thousands of Islamic silver coins in Viking hoards of the eighth to tenth centuries is a reflection of the eastward penetration of Viking traders , who exchanged objects such as furs , slaves and amber for silver coinage . |
| 42 | In much the same way , a good dose of inflation is needed now to facilitate the adjustment to higher taxes . |
| 43 | Most Muslims and Croats in Bosnia believe the Yugoslav army , whose officer corps is now almost completely Serbian , is helping Serbs to capture territory in the republic in much the same way that they backed Serbs in the Croatian civil war . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | Existing descriptions of vegetation concentrate markedly on islands , rather than the mainland , in much the same manner as floristic exploration has done . |
| 46 | Plants are classified in much the same way as animals , but just to make things difficult the largest units of classification are not generally called phyla but ‘ divisions ’ . |
| 47 | It prevents us falling back upon the familiar ideas of a ‘ father in heaven ’ who is thought of in much the same way as Santa Claus or an uncle in Australia . |
| 48 | In Coles 's book , the poets are described in much the same terms as ‘ The Warkton Strong Man ’ , ‘ The Stentorian Voiced Crier , Of Northampton ’ , and ‘ The Astonishing Reaper , of Great Doddington ’ . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | A great-aunt who performed a similar caring role is remembered in much the same way , as the one who ‘ spoilt me … |
| 51 | The administrative arrangements and rules adopted for the experiment have been endorsed by the House for the permanent coverage , and so , for the time being , the House is televised and reported on television today in much the same way as during the experiment . |
| 52 | Steamers : Where manually cleaned these are treated in much the same way as refrigerator interiors followed by acid cleaner if necessary . |
| 53 | Her studies were remarkable ; as a young woman Madame had filled eighteen notebooks with summaries of these women 's careers , reading them very literally as sources of practical advice , in much the same way as she had taught herself to understand stock management and how to do her own accounts . |
| 54 | They manipulate their hosts in much the same way as internal parasites do , and the manipulation , as we have now seen , can be as powerful and irresistible as any internal drug or hormone . |
| 55 | He has to relearn it stage by stage , building up his awareness through experience , in much the same way as a child learns about putting on clothes by himself . |
| 56 | So we busy ourselves about the house or go on holiday in much the same way as we do our jobs . |
| 57 | In much the same way the possible causes for behaviour either in terms of triggers , or in terms of payoffs must be expressed as precise statements . |
| 58 | He outlined his purpose to the pair of journalists in much the same words as he had used to the members of the nascent Rothschild CPRS on the lawn at No. 10 in 1971 : |
| 59 | In 1957 there were still some 300,000 Bretons but the breed was heavily crossed with the similarly coloured but unrelated Friesian , in much the same way as the red-and-white Bretons had been crossed with Shorthorns and eventually replaced by the Meuse-Rhine-Yssel . |
| 60 | That experience , that some might have taken as a manifestation of great love , I took as a warning in much the same way as a sentinel on the walls of Roman must have shouted : ‘ Take cover , here comes Attila ! ’ |