Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] the same [noun] of " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 We were always out there looking for something new , trying to find any slight glimmer of someone with the same kind of ideas as us .
2 Sales , however , have been disappointing , and there 's been nothing like the same kind of interest the earlier books had .
3 Australia , Canada , the Republic of Ireland , and the United States have nothing like the same concentration of unqualified power at the centre of government as this country has .
4 There 's something of the same blankness of effect , too , in Ismail Saray 's white sheet hung against red , the white perforated with large burnt holes .
5 Something of the same quality of camp horror is to be found in The Blob ( 18 Braveworld 25 Oct ) , a remake of the 1958 B movie about a mysterious substance that eats people .
6 She had reduced the voice to something on the same level of annoyance as a heavy breather .
7 He 's a very good short story writer , but I do n't see anybody with the same mixture of writerly craft and stamina which Greene had .
8 Not even the same matches with the same results would have engendered anything like the same degree of atmosphere or emotion had it been staged at a neutral venue , which is what the situation would be in most years if the one or two weeks idea was adopted .
9 E.D. Simon , Chairman of Manchester Housing Committee ( 1919–23 ) and Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Health ( 1931 ) was confident of being able to rebuild Britain within 20 years : ‘ If we can tackle the problems of peace with anything like the same sense of purpose , the same devotion , and the same efficiency as we have shown during the war , the Rebuilding of Britain will be child 's play ’ ( Simon , 1945 , p. 228 ) .
10 Neither did the very many railwaymen who were concerned with passengers , nor , since the canal companies did not usually operate as carriers , did they employ anything like the same number of men in handling freight .
  Next page