Example sentences of "virtually the same [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Oct. 30 , on the other hand , a report by observers from the Paris-based International League of Human Rights claimed that " an extremely sophisticated method of fraud " had been partly responsible for the IDA getting twice as many National Assembly seats as the PPP with virtually the same share of the popular vote . |
| 2 | There are as many of these sorts of guides as literature guides , and one may pose the question more acutely , why are so many of the publications virtually the same ( even in one library there might be virtually the same guide on bibliographical references ) ? |
| 3 | Now can I er also suggest to you that in discussing this one outstanding item of the housing land allocations , we pursue virtually the same sort of approach that we did yesterday , er and in fact if you look at what is set down under matter One D for discussion , it says is the provision proposed for the Greater York area including the new settlement appropriate etcetera , and in fact when you look at the first item for discussion under the Greater York new settlement issue , we come straight into , does Greater York new settlement represent an appropriate and justified policy response , etcetera . |
| 4 | Hence for Wales as a whole , the historically high population growth experienced during the second half of the 1980s is being projected forwards at virtually the same rate for the 1990s . |
| 5 | In our sample , in the south both have lost virtually the same amount of ground ; yet the Lib Dems have won seats by the handful . |
| 6 | And as a result of the dilettante attitude you describe men have died : three of my colleagues , two at virtually the same place in Act III of Tristan . |
| 7 | I read recently that applicants for the Institute of Advanced Motorists test are in the ratio of one woman to four men , but the success rate shows virtually the same number of women passing as men . |