0 used to mean that something you are about to say is also true, for the same reasons as what has just been said: --
By the same token, he qualifies profane sciences with the adjective muntahal, in much the same way as if they were religious doctrines.
By the same token, it has proved all too congenial for ecologists to regard the human presence as an inessential component of the ecological landscape.
By the same token, commentators are called upon to declare their positions and interests.
By the same token, however, if agency is imaginatively bestowed on things, then they can start acting like people.
By the same token, individuals with an extremely sensitive immune system may more easily fall prey to severe allergies or autoimmune diseases.
By the same token, when the government is doing well the opposition may be expected to do even better.
By the same token, it is impossible for a social theory of language to view the individual speaker's competence as a simple internalization of convention.
By the same token the observers justified their mission mainly by stating that their presence contributed to internal peace - not to democracy.
