Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] by the same [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To return to Dr Johnson , this book perfectly illustrates his sonorous maxim : ‘ We are all prompted by the same motives , all deceived by the same fallacies , all animated by hope , obstructed by danger , entangled by desire and seduced by pleasure ’ . |
| 2 | Outside the TUC , individual trade unions have their own education programmes which are not always hampered by the same constraints . |
| 3 | This move was probably motivated by the same considerations that led to the Perkins ' choice of a site near Harrow , and to its eventual abandonment . |
| 4 | Communal arrangements tend to be very short-lived and are , ironically , often beset by the same problems as plague the cereal-packet family . |
| 5 | The functions which can later be distinguished as those of ‘ priest ’ , ‘ prophet ’ or ‘ bard ’ — and in more modern terms ‘ historian ’ or even ‘ scientist ’ — were often originally exercised by the same individuals or groups of individuals . |