Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [adv] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Near synonyms are most common , with true synonyms ( which mean exactly the same thing and which are used in precisely the same context ) being more unusual . |
| 2 | Obviously , they would look pretty stupid wearing a T-shirt that read , ‘ That 's a nice dress you 're wearing ’ , so they may lounge around in something which relays almost the same message , but in a more roundabout way . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Indeed , much of the evidence suggests that , even if Mansell had not actually braked early , he had perhaps lifted his foot from the throttle , which has much the same effect in an F1 car . |
| 5 | They do not suddenly appear out of nowhere or on the pages of a language textbook — which has much the same effect — but in varying sizes and on varying materials : out of ticket machines , on computer screens , under windscreen wipers , on hoardings . |
| 6 | Provide containers of various shapes which hold approximately the same amount . |
| 7 | I suggest that a simpler approach to detecting the direction of motion of an object , one method of which was put forward by M Kumaran in July , is to use half a 74LS74 D-type flip-flop , as shown in the diagram , which performs exactly the same function . |
| 8 | It is also possible to obtain a mandatory injunction which performs essentially the same function as an order of mandamus , that is to require a body to do its legal duty . |
| 9 | The occasions that stand out in the three decades of our post-imperial era are : Duncan Sandys ' 1957 decision to recommend the end of National Service , which almost halved the Army ; the Kennedy/Macmillan Polaris agreement at Nassau in 1962 that led to the RAF losing responsibility to the Royal Navy for the British nuclear deterrent ; Denis Healey 's scrapping of the TSR2 in 1965 , which threatened to ‘ unhorse ’ the RAF 's knights ; his cancellation of the aircraft-carrier replacement programme in 1966 , which did much the same thing to the Royal Navy ; and John Nott 's attempt in 1981 to maintain the strength of the Rhine Army and RAF Germany at the expense of our maritime capability . |
| 10 | A moment 's reflection upon the several hundred different shapes of glass bottle in an off licence , all of which serve essentially the same purpose of containing liquids , or upon the variety of clothing in the high street , or china in the store , indicates this high degree of variability . |
| 11 | I have a large Gyrinocheilus aymonieri which does exactly the same thing . |
| 12 | However , if you are carrying out skin-brushing ( which does almost the same job ) , the following simple self-massage sequence will be extremely beneficial and should be regarded as an important ally in any campaign against cellulite . |
| 13 | items consisted of two pairs of hands which were either similarly or differently orientated , and pairs of faces which had either the same expression or a different one . |
| 14 | However , in 1932 a colleague of Rutherford 's at Cambridge , James Chadwick , discovered that the nucleus contained another particle , called the neutron , which had almost the same mass as a proton but no electrical charge . |
| 15 | In respect of overseas offices of MNPs , the solicitor principals must comply with rules 12–16 of the Solicitors ' Overseas Practice Rules 1990 , which have much the same effect . |
| 16 | Well , what observed exactly the same thing with , with baboons , and said to himself , why are these animals doing this ? |