Example sentences of "[noun pl] may [verb] the same [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Two objects may reflect the same wavelengths into our eyes yet be seen as having different colours .
2 Institutions may retain the same appearance while transforming their character — a truism pertinent to both monarchy and parliament .
3 Employers may have the same anticipations as workers about the general price level , but they are more directly concerned about the price of the products they are producing and are far better informed about that .
4 Because of the similarity of wording between s.69 and s.5 of the Civil Evidence Act 1968 , it would appear that the courts may hold the same view with regard to civil evidence .
5 Professional installers may use the same materials , or perhaps special machinery to blow a blanket of loose mineral wool or fire-proofed cellulose fibre into the loft .
6 Two methods may have the same selection of structure , vocabulary and meaning , yet differ in the order in which they teach it .
7 He used it to explain how different chemical compounds may contain the same elements in the same proportions — ‘ isomerism ’ — because their atoms are differently arranged , and how different substances may have the same crystalline form — ‘ isomorphism ’ — because they have the same number of atoms in the same arrangement .
8 But the theory 's current predictions may have the same error .
9 However , such smokers may incur the same risks and may even increase them , especially if they inhale the pipe or cigar smoke [ 9 ] .
10 Although a group of children or adults may read the same text , it is likely that each person will gain a different ‘ reading ’ and will respond to the shared text in different ways .
11 Politicians may apply the same criteria .
12 ‘ Provision is , however , made for the possibility that at any time the two airports may have the same owner .
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