Example sentences of "[prep] being [vb pp] [prep] the same " in BNC.

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1 Bond had in May 1992 been sentenced to 2 years ' imprisonment [ see p. 38917 ] after being convicted on the same charge , but was released in August after the Western Australian Court of Criminal Appeal quashed the conviction and ordered a retrial [ see p. 39056 ] .
2 No station was allowed to take a prize in the same class for more than two successive years , but if a station which had done so was deemed worthy of being placed in the same class in a third year , it received a special first-class certificate but no money .
3 Economic information is not normally capable of being tested in the same way , but is still fairly reliable as the economy is so closely associated with material evidence .
4 Lord Griffiths , committee chairman , said : ‘ The major step is that clients should have the choice of being represented by the same lawyer throughout .
5 Epilepsy may be understood today but it is a long way from being accepted in the same way as diabetes , let alone short sight .
6 Both gain from being surrounded by the same protective shell , though they diverge from one another in the precise thickness of shell that they ‘ prefer ’ .
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