Example sentences of "[noun] can [verb] [art] same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's strange that two quite different words can mean the same thing . |
| 2 | It 's strange that two quite different words can mean the same thing . |
| 3 | Repetition of words can create the same sort of chain as pronouns , and there are sometimes good reasons for preferring it . |
| 4 | A patriotic feeling or the witnessing of a noble or generous action can evoke the same emotion . |
| 5 | Why keep wasting 13 years when Labour can prove the same point in less than half the time . |
| 6 | However , it seems that the relation is not quite the same , for there is no comparable way in which a hearer can express the same wonder or wish by assenting to the sentence as uttered by the speaker . |
| 7 | Assume , purely for ease of calculation and exposition here , that the rival can achieve the same learning rate , that demand is not price-sensitive and that , if the rival enters the market , sales will be divided equally between the two rival companies . |
| 8 | Snacks can follow the same principle of low-fat , low-sugar eating as the main meals . |
| 9 | Critics of the idea argue that companies can achieve the same purpose by paying out good dividends , but Laing questions whether much of this money finds its way back into the community . |
| 10 | We do it when we decide that the sibling rule — that a child can attend the same school as a brother or sister — does not apply ( the assumption here must surely be that siblings can belong to different species ) . |
| 11 | In some parts of the country spur and snag can mean the same thing , and in others have quite different meanings — but they are still caused by the same thing : bad pruning . |
| 12 | Although Quattro Pro 4 ca n't be said to make any task easier than in an equivalent Windows spreadsheet , what it does prove is that with very little limitation a DOS product can manage the same job as a Windows product any trouble at all . |
| 13 | Aerial surveys can achieve the same thing , although the maps so obtained cover a smaller area . |
| 14 | Of course , changing the logic of the corresponding conditions can have the same effect . |
| 15 | For Asian women , separation from their families can cause the same torment . |
| 16 | Repeated put downs , rejections , and criticism can produce the same feelings of confusion , fear of all authority figures , guilt , low self esteem , seeking for love , and other reactions listed by Campling . |
| 17 | Two people can hear the same news report , yet one ‘ hears ’ that the world is full of conflict and hatred , and another hears of the many global efforts towards love , peace and harmony . |
| 18 | Two people can read the same magazine article and one of them will get far more information out of it than the other . |
| 19 | One problem that remains is to explain the recurring dream — if the stimulation from the hindbrain pontine structures is truly random , how is it that people can have the same dreams repeatedly ? |
| 20 | Hotel guests and staff can use the same keycard for many applications throughout the property . |
| 21 | Also , this method can achieve the same accuracy by using a best-few search which explores more alternatives during portions of the utterances where credibility is low . ’ |
| 22 | Lesser players can try the same tack but run the risk of being berated by their amateur partners for being unfriendly or even unprofessional . |
| 23 | Formally clipped bay-trees trimmed into shapes as balls , pyramids or cones look superb outside front-doors or as eye-catchers on a terrace or patio ; rosemary can serve the same purpose , and in a smaller way , so can rue , lavender , sage and cotton lavender . |
| 24 | Coming off the Pill can have the same effect . |
| 25 | Only one state name is allowed per number , but several state numbers can have the same name . |
| 26 | We think that the er residents of a new settlement will still look to York as the natural centre for employment , for er provision of most employment , retailing and entertainment , and if you compare it with something like er Easingwold , erm which is of a similar size , erm this has achieved a degree a degree of self containment and balance , but this has occurred through erm a long period of development and a gradual growth of erm social linkages and economic linkages , however , even with such erm a gradual growth erm it 's not got a high degree of self containment , erm recent developments in er transport and changes in lifestyle have reduced this even further , and it 's difficult to believe that er a proposal , such as a new settlement er which is explicitly intended to cater for the development needs of York , located only ten miles from York can achieve the same level of self containment . |
| 27 | Professor Garrow 's studies show that a 10-stone woman who has just lost 20lb can eat the same amount — without gaining weight — as a 10-stone woman who has always weighed that amount . |
| 28 | Medical diagnosis involves social skills ( Melhuish , 1979 ) but as discussed earlier the basis and development of these skills is not dissimilar from other cognitive skills and correspondingly the training can follow the same principles ( Singleton et al . , |
| 29 | Now , some people take the view that replica guitars are always completely justified ; USA-made instruments are over-priced , they argue , and if a Far Eastern company can make the same product for half the money , then what 's the problem ? |
| 30 | c ) There are several ways in which apparently different ALT constructs can give the same effect . |