Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | The walls of Caen were constructed in the years following Edward III 's capture of the town in 1346 ; those of Rouen were begun at the same time on the orders of Philip VI , making the city one of the few properly defended towns , or ‘ villes closes ’ of upper Normandy ; Avignon 's wall was started at the instigation of Pope Innocent VI about 1355 ; while the defences of Tours , in course of construction in 1356 , were probably sufficiently advanced to deter the Black Prince from attacking the town on his chevauchée in the summer of that year . |
| 2 | She and Cati were born into the same family , went to the same school , heard the same sermons on Sundays and feast days , and often confessed to the same priest ; but Cati liked to cover herself in guilt , a kind of protective clothing that her elder sister had once inspected , tried on for size , and then discarded . |
| 3 | Indeed the Kyrie of Ludford 's Lady-Mass for Tuesday is based on the same square as the organ piece . |
| 4 | Blushing , I grabbed the proffered rod , carefully avoiding Ann 's look of resignation , and instantly hooked both the dap and Ann 's cast at the same time . |
| 5 | A new bus service from the Tower to Hoo Hill was started in the same year , sealing the eventual fate of the Layton tram route . |
| 6 | Two years ago Benazir Bhutto was thinking along the same lines . |
| 7 | The same story is being drawn out in group 3 ( Republics group ) where Spain and Denmark are playing at the same time as the two Irelands are playing . |
| 8 | The only logical conclusion is that Brampton and Vechey were hanged by the same person . ’ |
| 9 | The hon. Member for Garscadden complained that the provisions for Scotland and for England were included in the same Bill . |
| 10 | It is believed , although not confirmed , that the missing drawings from the Koenigs Collection which resurfaced last September in Russia were held in the same monastery ( see The Art Newspaper No. 22 , November 1992 , p.8 ) . |
| 11 | In short , Korea is threatened with the same disaster that befell China . |
| 12 | Even the pain of finally finding out that he and Harry Martin were painted with the same filthy brush did n't hurt as much as that careless indictment . |
| 13 | A masterweaver in Persia or Anatolia was held in the same esteem as we hold Rembrandt or Vermeer , and even today there are some textile artists whose reputation and status are equivalent to those of any contemporary artist in the West . |
| 14 | Ben and Viz received equal attention , while dear old Dickens was approached with the same enthusiasm as a postman views a front gate marked ‘ Beware Of The Large , Fierce And Probably Rabid Dog . ’ |
| 15 | In a second case the single mother of four-year-old Graham Garlick was refused on the same grounds , because she had been evicted by Greater Manchester council for rent arrears of £150 . |
| 16 | We have heard recently that Trafford is working on the same lines , so we will have to get a move on . |
| 17 | There is no evidence that at any of these houses Smythson was involved on the same day-to-day basis as at Longleat and Wollaton ; his contribution must often have been limited to the provision of a set of plans and elevations , which were liable to alteration at the whim of the patron and executive craftsmen . |
| 18 | The longstanding quota of 14 per cent on foreign imports was still in place , but Channel 4 was buying a quarter of its programmes from independent companies , and the BBC was moving in the same direction . |
| 19 | More than a hundred years after John Titford , the Frome volunteer , had died of consumption , Marwood was afflicted with the same disease under its more modern and bland title of ‘ T.B . ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ I do feel , ’ Rune was continuing with the same reasonable approach with which he doubtless addressed a board meeting , ‘ that we need an in-depth discussion about its capabilities and design before we consider the best way to market it in the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 21 | Figures published for this colony between 1948 and 1966 were usually less than 10 , and it seems likely that this site and Glynde are used by the same group of birds . |
| 22 | LEEDS boss Doug Laughton and Liverpool manager Graeme Souness are swimming in the same shark-infested sea at the moment . |
| 23 | In fact , " names " like George Burns , Scott Hoch and Wayne Levi are heading towards earnings of two million , while " Super " names such as Mark Calcavecchia are mentioned in the same breath as European millionaires Seve , Sandy and Nick . |
| 24 | His position is such , however , that it does produce the paradox that God is described in the same context as an impersonal force and the essence of life , and also as omniscient , omnipotent , and benevolent . |
| 25 | The other Phocaean settlement in Ligurian territory at Massalia was described in the same spirit . |
| 26 | That device — whatever the hell it is — that I found in Magee was made of the same material I found melted in the other bodies . ’ |
| 27 | Arafat met frequently with Saddam Hussein in Baghdad in the run-up to the expiry of the Jan. 15 deadline , and reaffirmed on Jan. 14 that " Palestine and Iraq are standing in the same trench to regain Arab rights " . |
| 28 | Good manners demanding it , Luce made the formal introduction , adding perforce , ‘ Mr and Mrs Cook are staying in the same hotel . ’ |
| 29 | Authors are worried that Britain is moving in the same direction as America , where a wide range of groups have mounted campaigns to ban books from schools and libraries because they do n't conform to their particular view of society . |
| 30 | Tritsch Tratsch was given on the same programme , being hailed with delight for its humour and for the sparkling dancing of Poole and Luyt as ‘ two brisk young sailors , and Renée Feller as the sprightly object of their affections ’ . |