Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original deal was for the same time and same sum , but the difference now is that the new contract covers rugby only for the age bracket between 16 and 18 . |
| 2 | The bedroom was on the same level as the terrace , the small sitting-room and the kitchen , and so she waited for the sound of another door or footsteps on the stone staircase down to the entrance hall . |
| 3 | The cutlery was from the same state factory and had the same design and so did the plates , the menu , and the waiters . |
| 4 | She wondered if he ever dropped it ; she could sense that , however fluently he talked , however intently he listened — and he listened very intently — his mind was at the same time pursuing some other parallel track . |
| 5 | ‘ But the brother-in-law was in the same line of business . ’ |
| 6 | Sources from both clubs said they understood the new bid was from the same source , but an Argyll spokesman refused to confirm or deny that the company was behind the bid . |
| 7 | On Feb. 1 the Turkish ambassador in Athens was temporarily recalled and two days later the Turkish consul-general in Komotini was expelled for referring to the Moslems in the area as fellow countrymen , while the Greek consul-general was on the same day expelled from Istanbul . |
| 8 | The hijacker was about the same age as him , but not so big . |
| 9 | Frank had accused me before of ‘ messing up ’ the relay , and had told me that the rest of the team were of the same opinion . |
| 10 | Advocates of localization were in the same position as the explorers of the sixteenth century ; they knew there was something out there but they did n't know where it was or what it might look like . |
| 11 | The one window in the kitchen and the two in the main room were on the same end wall . |
| 12 | The transmitter was on the same wave-length as a passing radio-cab . |
| 13 | The same trawler was in the same position on the horizon . |
| 14 | First , where the rehearing was by the same body or some more complete form of it the general rule was that defects at the original hearing could be cured . |
| 15 | Interestingly , his poor showing was for the same reason as that of much of the European contingent . |
| 16 | The atmosphere in C was slightly more informal ; this was in large part due to the physical layout of the lecture rooms , which bore a greater resemblance to school classrooms — students sat on chairs at desks and the lecturer 's podium was on the same level as the desks , allowing lecturers to move about the room answering questions . |
| 17 | Some backward tribes inhabited the remoter mountains and jungles but the main population was of the same race ; today they are known as Vietnamese but then the outside world knew them as Annamites or Annamese . |
| 18 | The same critical and questioning attitude which was forming the new approach to the Bible was at the same time stimulating scientific study and experiment and discovering the regularities in the natural order — what were and commonly still are called ‘ the laws of nature ’ . |
| 19 | The Duke 's rooms were on the first floor , in the new buildings of the castle , and Antoinette 's room was on the same floor . |
| 20 | Then when the Globe was after the same guy , I got to figuring . ’ |
| 21 | The greatcoat was of the same colour as the tunic , with gold-piped collar , red-faced lapels , and five pairs of gold buttons . |
| 22 | Surely only the most decadent of aristocrats would make a play for another woman while his wife was in the same room . |
| 23 | This experience does not seem to have damaged his career , and his last recorded assignment was in the same area , reporting in 1854 on the navigational implications of the Glasgow Waterworks Bill . |
| 24 | In the classical trade cycle , which is agreed to have been normally of between nine and twelve years , the time proportional factor was of the same order . |
| 25 | So she watched television and erm Princess Diana erm said something shocking at lunchtime at a luncheon party or lunch party and erm maybe just erm ten days before that Princess Diana 's announcement we were told by the Register Teacher that we will have an assignment of in February and we will compare some newspapers articles and maybe she did n't explain very erm specifically but she just gave us erm the brief information about er register assignment in February and she told us that we should er we should collect some newspapers about the same title was about the same topic and ho we should compare how each newspaper treated , treats the er news or what do you call that ? |
| 26 | Smith , Gregg and Andrews ( 1989 ) devised the following ranking of selection methods with respect to their predictive validity : graphology and astrology were at the same level as chance prediction , references and interviews were a little higher , then structured interviews , then biodata , personality tests and assessment centres for performance , then ability tests and work sample tests and finally , at the highest level , assessment centres for promotion . |
| 27 | There was no longer any understanding that in making available advantages to private individuals the state was at the same time imposing a ‘ trust ’ that the business be conducted for the public good . |
| 28 | The Danish government was of the same opinion as regards the registration of ships in general . |
| 29 | Yes , if I can just interject something here which I think is rather striking , when one used to go on holiday on the Continent , going to church was at the same time a bewildering an exciting experience because you could n't understand what was going on . |
| 30 | It took Rosemary about a minute to answer the door , but , as all the flats in the building were of the same layout , Leith 's ‘ Ready ? ’ query never got said . |