Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [to-vb] [art] same [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Despite this application of man power , it was not possible to achieve the same rate of progress as had been made in the Lowlands .
2 Branson was not able to inspire the same sense of esprit de corps among the hastily assembled team of Event journalists as he had always done among the staff at Virgin , and the magazine quickly became rife with internecine dispute and conspiracy theories .
3 Almost simultaneously de Gasperi died ; his successors were not able to stamp the same authority on Italian foreign policy .
4 And I am told that it is not advisable to use the same batch of acid for etching copper as has been used for etching zinc because the deposits of two metals in the acid creates erm an unpleasant , noxious , possibly poisonous gas and I do n't know what that would do .
5 They are n't likely to wear the same garment for six years , as Granny might do !
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