Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] on the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | The announcement was followed on the same day by the presentation to the Netherlands parliament of proposals to reduce the country 's troop levels in West Germany by 750 ( out of a total of 5,500 ) between 1991 and 1992 . |
| 2 | The place was constructed on the same plan as the City of Dreams , though its decoration and furniture were richer . |
| 3 | Trading was organised on the same lines as for other securities ; but , after a number of preparatory changes introduced during the preceding months , the trading system was completely restructured on Monday , 27 October 1986 . |
| 4 | The machines have been priced competitively , bearing in mind the Japanese pricing of Sun Microsystem 's Classic and IBM 's Powerstation , and the launch was timed on the same day as the announcement of new machines in DEC 's Alpha series . |
| 5 | The machines have been priced competitively , bearing in mind the Japanese pricing of Sun Microsystem 's Classic and IBM 's Powerstation , and the launch was timed on the same day as the announcement of new machines in DEC 's Alpha series . |
| 6 | Strangely enough , that young man was killed on the same motor bike within three months of that — killed within two or three hundred yards of the same spot . |
| 7 | The composition of his government was approved on the same day . |
| 8 | On Feb. 18 a SPLA spokesman was quoted on the same station as saying that the governors of the three southern states , although non-Moslems , would merely be " figureheads " , as all three deputy governors were Moslems and retained responsibility for finance , commerce , supply and co-operatives . |
| 9 | Diplomatic negotiations to end the hostage crisis , launched in August by UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar [ see p. 38405 ] , achieved some successes with the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army ( SLA ) releasing 51 Arab prisoners on Sept. 11 ; the body of a kidnapped Israeli serviceman was returned on the same day , and British hostage Jackie Mann was freed in Beirut on Sept. 24 . |
| 10 | Perhaps the best way to start on this is to ask ourselves what would be lost if we were to speak without intonation : you should try to imagine speech in which every syllable was said on the same level pitch , with no pauses and no changes in speed or loudness . |
| 11 | This show was based on the same thing . |
| 12 | Moreover , if it is right here that the tax was repaid as a matter of extra-statutory discretion , and interest from the date of Nolan J. 's order was paid on the same basis , it is not clear to me how a review of the discretionary refusal to pay interest which was not due in law can properly be examined by way of judicial review . |
| 13 | However , Miller only advised budding for less vigorous roses or where more than one variety was required on the same plant and then a compatible growth habit was essential . |