Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [noun sg] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 Crucial to the operation of the scheme was the CNAA 's recognition that some institutions had established successful ‘ internal validating committees ’ as sub-committees of Academic Boards , ‘ responsible for considering schemes on their behalf before they are submitted to the Council ’ , and others had developed faculty or school machinery to do the same .
2 A lost love or family tragedy had the same impact on a Ukrainian living 300 years ago as it does today on a 30-year-old singer living in Leeds .
3 Other economic benefits of migrant labour include the recruitment of migrants to particular jobs at lower wages than indigenous workers , partly because job titles and grades could be invented to cover up the fact that job content remained the same , and also because of the threat of repatriation and other forms of intimidation ; the enhanced possibilities for the introduction of shiftwork and piece-work , deskilling , and the slower introduction of safety measures ; the avoidance of national insurance payments by the recruitment of illegal migrants ; and the ability to shed and recruit with relative ease , thus avoiding the costs of labour hoarding ( Paine , 1977 ; Fevre , 1983 ) .
4 If Vanilla Ice spouted the same sort of shit they did he 'd be pilloried .
5 The shock and adjustment curve followed the same pattern in all countries but the timescale differed .
6 Electronic sound recording gave individuals the chance to bring a fleeting permanence to their radio listening and their own aural environment , and video recording did the same , rather more expensively , for the TV screen .
7 Economies of scope are likely to arise in ( i ) railways , between passenger and freight transport using the same lines and ( ii ) electricity generation , between peak and off-peak periods , some of the same equipment being used .
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