Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [adv] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankfurters are the most widely known of all the scalded sausages , and many other varieties such as Bockwurst , Knackwurst and Weinerwurst are really the same thing but in different sizes . |
| 2 | Based on the 93.7ins platform of the new three-door Tercel , the Paseo is roughly the same size as the CRX , but more practical . |
| 3 | ‘ Alan Shearer is not the same sort of natural goal-scorer as Ian . |
| 4 | Dawyck Haig 's son Alexander was much the same age as Alastair and when the two were old enough we used to have fathers ' and sons ' tennis and golf matches . |
| 5 | Some three hundred kilometres in a north-westerly direction , the Faroe Islands are roughly the same distance from Shetland as are Aberdeen to the south and Bergen in Norway to the east . |
| 6 | ‘ Morris is n't the same sort of man as poor old Eddy , John . ’ |
| 7 | The marks of a corporation are : perpetual succession , i.e. the death or withdrawal of members , or the addition of new members from time to time , does not impair the continuity and identity of the body : ‘ in like manner ’ , as Blackstone says , ‘ the river Thames is still the same river , though the parts which comprise it are changing every instant' ; the use of a common seal as evidence of at least the more formal acts of the corporation ; and the capacity to sue and be sued by its corporate name . |
| 8 | And we are left with the problem of deciding whether or not the two Elizabeths baptised on 17 October were really the same girl . |
| 9 | Sunday 's just the same thinking and wondering . |
| 10 | Both his mother and sister said Mr Lee was never the same person after spending time in prison . |
| 11 | The other rivers from the Pennines are roughly the same size . |
| 12 | Sara and Patsy are much the same age and are very fond of each other . |
| 13 | Although small by comparison to some of the latest generation sports cars , the Suzuki is almost the same size as the famed MG Midget , launched more than 30 years ago and which , for two decades personified motoring fun . |
| 14 | The myth that a man makes has transformations according as he sees himself as hero or villain , as young or old , but it is essentially the same myth ; Tom Jones is not the same person , but he is the same myth as Squire Western ; Midshipman Easy is part of the same myth ; Falstaff is elevated above the myth to dwell on Olympus , more than a national character . |
| 15 | Sadly in his last years Markevitch was not the same man . |
| 16 | ‘ I know people have a different attitude to things now than we had before the war , but you and Chris are still the same sort of people . |
| 17 | O'Brien is much the same age as Charles , and a man of huge industry and enthusiasm whom Charles is able to spark ideas off . |