Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] in the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But it is far from certain that all the fish in every corporate shoal want to swim in the same direction . |
2 | As the genes in question appear to work in the same way in mice and people it should be possible to develop ways of detecting the genes in people at risk and discovering methods of implanting cells with the normal genes or blocking the action of the defective genes . |
3 | How terrible to adore like this so that you want to lie in the same grave and share nothing with the world but live above it like Zeus and Hera . |
4 | Perhaps because horses are relatively large , and therefore hard to ignore , people tend to behave in the same way in the presence of a horse . |
5 | " You never seem to appear in the same gown twice running . |
6 | Fundamentally however , all objects such as ‘ chapters ’ , ‘ sections ’ , ‘ entries ’ , ‘ acts ’ and ‘ scenes ’ , ‘ cantos ’ etc. seem to behave in the same way : they are incomplete in themselves , and often nest hierarchically . |
7 | Moreover the provisions of section 2(1) ( a ) also seem to point in the same direction . |
8 | Dr Ramey also explains that when couples are together for some time their hormone levels often begin to co-ordinate in the same way , so regular sex — say on Saturday nights — mean you tune into each other 's hormone levels . |
9 | Many insects respond to sound in the same way . |
10 | Said Mr Robinson : ‘ Several views were aired and it is now important that we all try to push in the same direction to the benefit of the club . ’ |
11 | Well I tend to move in the same fleet . |
12 | ‘ There are no easy games and we have to perform in the same manner that has taken us where we are today . ’ |
13 | As Caroline told me : ‘ Once you have indicated that you like to buy from the comfort of your armchair , other companies assume you will want to know about the products they have to sell in the same way ’ . |