Example sentences of "about the same as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price of books of academic criticism indicates that they are not aimed at the educated general reader ( once they cost about the same as a bottle of whisky ; now they cost three to four times as much ) . |
| 2 | He has plans now to buy a property in Venice : ‘ I love the palce so much : a five-room apartment there costs about the same as studio flat in Tufnell Park . ’ |
| 3 | But this followed the sharp decline in 1980 and 1981 ; over the period 1979 — 85 the annual average growth rate has been 1.9 per cent about the same as most other OECD countries — without the benefit of North Sea oil . |
| 4 | The proportion of voters identifying with the Conservative party is about the same as in 1964 ( although Labour 's fall has been steep ) and the party 's share of the vote in 1983 and 1987 was actually slightly less than in 1979 . |
| 5 | The final creations weighed a mere ten kilograms , about the same as a top-class racing bike and about half the weight of most ATBs . |
| 6 | It is about the same as we can anticipate in the next century , on the basis of currently predicted rates of greenhouse warming , according to scientists like Tom Wigley , Director of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia . |
| 7 | This is despite the fact that its acreage of farmland is about the same as that of the United States , a nation that has become the world 's greatest grain exporter . |
| 8 | And as for the future , the economist 's forecast is about the same as the weatherman 's : cloudy at best , more likely bleak . |
| 9 | As a rule of thumb , moving a nearly new greenhouse will only cost about the same as it would to have it erected in the first place . |
| 10 | The next step , then , is to ask a good friend ( preferably one whose height is about the same as yours and whose appearance you admire ) to take his or her own measurements . |
| 11 | In the same report ( UNEP 1982 : 265 ) , it is claimed that the total area being reclaimed by irrigation is probably about the same as is being abandoned through salinisation , alkalinisation and water-logging , and that these problems account for the loss of about 2–3 million ha of the world 's best agricultural land each year . |
| 12 | Combined production in 1984 was some 57 million tonnes — about the same as Iraq 's . |
| 13 | Current predictions for the cost of generating electricity with the Super-Phenix put it at about the same as coal but twice as expensive as a conventional reactor . |
| 14 | They verified both predictions , and calculated the effective mass of a moving soliton. it is about the same as an electron 's mass . |
| 15 | At present , Wheal Jane produces about 1600 tonnes of tin per year , about the same as South Crofty mine near Redruth . |
| 16 | It may be an engine from the old school — a single overhead camshaft per bank operates ‘ only ’ two valves per cylinder — but the Renault V6 produces a respectable 170bhp at 5500rpm — about the same as the Volvo 850 2.5 GLT 's 20-valve five and the Honda-derived Rover 2.7-litre V6 . |
| 17 | About the same as Land Registry fees . |
| 18 | Adult hadrosaurs were up to 13 metres in length and weighed from 4 to 6 tons , about the same as a large elephant . |
| 19 | The whole setup weighs about the same as a small combo , but is easier to carry because there 's less bulk . |
| 20 | The standard size of a bath is 1700 x 700mm , which is about the same as the old 5ft 7in x 2ft 4in bath , which you might be replacing . |
| 21 | ‘ About the same as your instinctive reaction … guarded doubt . |
| 22 | Very , very roughly , however , the cost of ‘ industrial ’ timber is about the same as that of commercial mild steel per lb . |
| 23 | A Training For Work programme will replace the existing Employment Training and Employment Action schemes , offering 320,000 adult places in 1993 , about the same as this year . |
| 24 | Calls should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
| 25 | Your call should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
| 26 | Living costs are about the same as Britain . |
| 27 | ‘ I get about the same as the others . ’ |
| 28 | Calls should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
| 29 | Tear resistance is about the same as texturised nylon but abrasion resistance is less . |
| 30 | Output thereafter went up so that the women were earning about the same as before the job was changed . |