Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the same [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case , though , is n't it more likely that Joanna was looking for the same 15 minutes of fame achieved by Australian nightclub singer Fairlie Arrow a year ago ? |
| 2 | A more valid comparison would be between Black and White arrest rates of those living in the same small areas , because their living circumstances are more likely to be similar , as is their policing . |
| 3 | Since we wished to compare arrest rates between people living in the same small areas , we needed to obtain population numbers for these areas . |
| 4 | Comparisons between the three race groups were between those living in the same small areas i.e. in roughly the same circumstances , rather than over a whole city or London borough . |
| 5 | While Kittay 's theory has the advantage that it allows metaphor to be seen as operating according to the same basic principles regardless of the size of the discursive unit in question , Brooke-Rose 's own examination of the mechanisms of the verb metaphor suggest a view that minimizes dependence on an implicit ‘ proper ’ term outside the text and emphasizes the metaphoric interactions between the terms themselves . |
| 6 | The sex exclusive markers which do indeed occur in some languages are superficially striking , but on closer inspection they can be seen to result from a few regular and predictable rules acting on the same basic structures . |
| 7 | At the age of nine , they were coming under the same social pressures as older children . |
| 8 | We 'd like to get the others performing to the same excellent standards as the rest . |
| 9 | ‘ The homes at West Moor are ideal — externally they look terrific , conforming to the same high standards as Wimpey 's other developments in the region and nationally . |
| 10 | The astonished reptile released its grip just long enough for Laba to break free and stagger off down the track — with the serpent in hot pursuit apparently loudly vocalizing with the same sibilant barks which we were later to hear ourselves while filming a python hunt . |
| 11 | The much smaller amount of work on older women represents them as in mourning for the same psychological characteristics . |