Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun sg] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , she 'd say , they cook their cabbage in the same water as the bacon . |
| 2 | That is to say , Libyans whose families had settled in the cities some generations before were perhaps exempt from this process ; but the majority of Libyans made their history in the same way , and shared this picture of the past . |
| 3 | The proportion of issues in dollars dropped in 1990 to 39.5% from 56% in 1989 , while yen bonds doubled their share in the same period , to 12% . |
| 4 | Women even cut their hair in the same style . |
| 5 | Nucella , as we have seen , is a genus of temporate intertidal thaids , feeding for preference on barnacles and mussels ( which they attack by boring a hole through the shell of their victim and subsequently inserting their proboscis through the same hole in order to feed ) , and lacking a planktonic phase in their life cycle . |
| 6 | Horses out riding can show their intolerance for the same daily routine and their need for excitement . |
| 7 | For although the chairman of the University Grants Committee , Edward Parkes , may have received his well-earned knighthood at the end of the year — in a batch meanly thin , as usual , on honours for the scientific community — many of the nation 's academics will never see their profession in the same rosy light . |
| 8 | England 's under-16 side opened their section at the same venue with an impressive 8–0 victory over Scotland after scoring six goals before the interval . |
| 9 | And many instrumental solos in popular music owe their form to the same conceptualization . |
| 10 | For some types of find , scientific methods are useful in the process of analysis , but most specialists begin their analysis in the same basic way . |
| 11 | Having decided on the story , theme or music , choreographers should consider some vital rules of theatre and construct their ballet in the same way that authors and composers work out their books and compositions . |
| 12 | Erm in the American system of government the state governments draw their authority from the same source as the federal government , that is the constitution of the United States . |
| 13 | Oliver Napier of the Alliance party thereupon wrote an open letter to the people of the Republic calling their attention to the same matters . |
| 14 | Both wanted to extend their influence in the same region . |
| 15 | So a wild horse will learn to ask for food in the same way as a domestic horse that it may be stabled with , and older foals learn to copy their mothers , and demand their oats with the same imperious neigh . |
| 16 | First , because the defendants being an emanation of the Crown , which is the source and fountain of justice , are in my opinion bound to maintain the highest standards of probity and fair dealing , comparable to those which the courts , which derive their authority from the same source and fountain , impose on the officers under their control : see In re Tyler [ 1907 ] 1 K.B . |
| 17 | For even if we achieve the objective of a full franchise then the purpose of that full franchise will not work for disabled people if they do n't have full access to polling stations , they only then have the alternative of using postal or proxy votes and not exercising their franchise in the same way that able-bodied people er will do and their full right are part of the measure that I 'm seeking the house to agree that I should pursue . |
| 18 | If the Liberals had increased their vote by the same percentage as Labour , Neil Kinnock would sleep tonight in Downing Street . |
| 19 | If income support is in payment , there is unlikely to be any advantage for the local authority in pursuing maintenance as the DSS will simply reduce their contribution by the same amount . |
| 20 | In both 1845 and 1862 they were encouraged to assist their education by the same means , and the 1870 Act created school boards and the London Schools Board . |
| 21 | The shepherd ‘ pulls ’ the wool from his ‘ pretty lambs ’ , an experience which I imagine would not be too pleasant for the creatures but to him it is as if the sheep offer their wool with the same eagerness as he offers his gifts . |
| 22 | The chemicals company , ICI , which has 10 per cent of the world market in CFCs , undertook to end their manufacture by the same date . |
| 23 | Were the rays to collect their water in the same way , it would be full of mud and sand . |
| 24 | Students will already know that there are jobs in work areas such as Electronics and Physiotherapy where the subject requirements are quite specific and those who decide to enrol for one of these courses will have effectively chosen their career at the same time . |