Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] from the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The word booze comes from the same source . ) |
| 2 | In part this reflects a reluctance to let outsiders interfere with the job of policing , as well as a suspicion about soci — ology , which for many policemen sounds too much like the word ‘ socialist ’ ; social work suffers from the same association . |
| 3 | Mandrake comes from the same family as the potato ( once thought to be endowed with aphrodisiac powers itself ) . |
| 4 | It is not a tuck stitch at all , but the name comes from the same term used in dressmaking , where woven fabric is stitched , or tucked , into ridges that look much like this fabric . |
| 5 | His success as a captain comes from the same streak in his character . |
| 6 | check batch numbers on rolls to make sure each roll comes from the same batch , and that colours will match . |
| 7 | This neat orderliness has been attacked by Le Page and Tabouret-Keller , who write ( 1985 : 198 ) : Such a model necessarily implies a linear sequence of varieties within " a language " , with the implication that all innovation starts from the same source and travels in the same direction ; and that innovation in phonology is paralleled by a similar sequence of innovation in different parts of the grammar and lexicon . |
| 8 | The dome dates from the same time as the courtyard façades , that is from 1770 , but the fine clock and golden grille are from the Rudolfian period . |
| 9 | We used to get our hay rakes from the same firm , and they were so beautifully made — light and easy to work with . |
| 10 | Friends of the Earth comes from the same womb as Greenpeace , the Sierra Club . |