Example sentences of "[verb] exactly the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nina resumed cracking nuts , adopting exactly the same grip on the hammer her mother had demonstrated , and successfully opened quite a few . |
| 2 | Working with creatures of such speed it was important that he used exactly the right type of camera . |
| 3 | Transmission was by reverse-battery polarity , a simple yet efficient way of ensuring that dots and dashes used exactly the same voltage . |
| 4 | Tolkien said that he ‘ disliked ’ Shakespeare ‘ cordially ’ , but he used exactly the same phrase of allegory too , where it concealed an opinion of some subtlety . |
| 5 | Mr Pearson 's Shotover has exactly the right air of a rapt scientific experimenter trying to attain power through means of mind . |
| 6 | Some of the individual performances could do with more definition and detail , but there 's terrific work from David Burt , who has exactly the right mixture of romantic swagger and ruthless cynicism as Macheath , as well as a first-rate singing voice . |
| 7 | In the leading role , singer-turned-actor Dutronc has exactly the right quality of physical frailty and stooped sadness to complement Pialat 's beautiful , poignant images . |
| 8 | The makers Schott claim that this porous glass material has exactly the right combination of aerobic and anaerobic opportunities for bacterial growth . |
| 9 | Her manipulated images of masked Madonnas are made using a series of complex chemical processes ; she experiments technically , working and reworking the image until it has exactly the right feeling , tone or resonance . |
| 10 | A badly-sorted deposit gives a low , broad curve , whereas a well sorted deposit , which has exactly the same range of fragment sizes , gives a single very well-defined peak . |
| 11 | In steady conditions this is an entirely fair way to start ; a board starting early through the gate has exactly the same chance of reaching the first mark as the last boat through . |
| 12 | The method adopted by Ministers for discussing policy questions is however essentially a domestic matter ; and a decision by a Cabinet Committee , unless referred to the Cabinet , engages the collective responsibility of all Ministers and has exactly the same authority as a decision by the Cabinet itself . |
| 13 | It can be shown that this solution has exactly the same properties as the aligned Bell-Szekeres solution . |
| 14 | The 600SL has exactly the same warranty cover as all other Mercedes cars : that is 12 months/unlimited mileage . |
| 15 | The JD 's neck has exactly the same depth , but it 's been dressed away a touch more in the shoulders to give a more sharply peaked V , especially down near the nut . |
| 16 | Charles has exactly the same thing . |
| 17 | The Adams Park pitch , O'Neill will tell you , has exactly the same dimensions as Wembley 's . |
| 18 | Reid said : ‘ David has exactly the same single-minded attitude as Lineker , and that 's why he will score goals at any level . ’ |
| 19 | ( If a very large number of bullets are fired the probability profile has exactly the same shape as the profile recording the number of hits . ) |
| 20 | This has exactly the same internal format as a FONT except that its ID number is unique and not , as was the case with the FONT resource , the result of a calculation based on the font number , the size and a constant . |
| 21 | Note that , as far as the rhythmic design is concerned , this could be Beethoven , whose Ode to Joy in the Ninth Symphony has exactly the same rhythmic elements , disposed differently . |
| 22 | The defamiliarizing principle in art has exactly the same effect on its material ‘ ingredients ’ : it subordinates and transforms the way they are in non-literary circumstances . |
| 23 | The problem , simply stated , is that for any rational expectations model one can always specify a non-rational expectations model which has exactly the same implications for a given set of data , even though it may have other implications which are quite different . |
| 24 | Since the imposition of these conditions on equation ( 3.25 ) gives an equation which is identical to equation ( 3.16 ) we have derived a model of consumption which has a different underlying theory of consumption and assumes irrational expectations , but which has exactly the same implications for the data as our rational expectations consumption model . |
| 25 | ‘ The times I have gone shopping , left him babysitting , to arrive home four hours later and it all looks exactly the same or worse . |
| 26 | Consequently , the structure looks exactly the same from each and every amino-acid residue . |
| 27 | Tenor clef looks exactly the same but middle C is now there . |
| 28 | ‘ No , he looks exactly the same . |
| 29 | Evelyn took a deep breath and drew exactly the same H as before . |
| 30 | ‘ I think you want exactly the same things she does , but you hide behind the pillars of your ice palace , pretending to be so unapproachable . |