Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] the same [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 172 bomb incidents this year — 54 fewer than for the same period last year . |
| 2 | In the past nine months the terror group — which boasts a bigger membership than the IRA — has murdered 14 people , two more than for the same period last year . |
| 3 | This is nearly 200,000 more than during the same period last year , an increase of 14 per cent . |
| 4 | On figures that are probably far too kind , real GNP was a staggering 8% lower in the first three months of this year than in the same period last year ; investment is dropping fast ; foreign trade has shrunk by a third . |
| 5 | Turnover was £136.5m , 18 per cent higher than in the same period last year . |
| 6 | Business collapses soared to 46,500 over the past nine months — 40 per cent more than in the same period last year . |
| 7 | ‘ To date this year there have been 172 bomb incidents , 54 fewer than in the same period last year . |
| 8 | Since the start of August the UDA/UFF has stepped up its campaign , killing four people within four short weeks and since the start of the year the UVF have killed seven — two fewer than in the same period last year . |
| 9 | The brewery , which celebrated its 125th anniversary this year , notched up turnover of £25.7m in the six months to September , £3m more than in the same period last year . |
| 10 | Store chiefs at the Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield saw a record 150,000 people turn up , 12,000 more than on the same day last year and in Hull police had to appeal to drivers not to take cars into the city because it was full by midday . |
| 11 | Something might be true although at the same time harmful and dangerous in the highest degree ; indeed it could pertain to the fundamental nature of existence that a complete knowledge of it might destroy one — so that the strength of a spirit could be measured by how much ‘ truth ’ it could take , more clearly , to what degree it needed it attenuated , veiled , sweetened , blunted and falsified . |
| 12 | Judge power The authorised number of Lords Justices was at present 26 , one less than at the same time last year . |
| 13 | It is already apparent that players are much fitter than at the same time last season . |
| 14 | The amount of money donated to the Village Association through the envelopes is less than at the same time last year . |
| 15 | The total number killed was 16 fewer than at the same time last year . |
| 16 | ‘ I can tell you he 's running quicker than at the same time last year , ’ said the Welshman , confident that Christie is capable of matching Canadian Bruny Surin 's 1993 world best of 6.45 . |
| 17 | He 's more forward than at the same time last season . ’ |
| 18 | It has also stood Marx on his head , by transforming itself from a classless society into a caste society ( if at the same time gratifying Lenin 's hope that the intermediate stage of class society might be bypassed ) . |
| 19 | That was not achieved at the expense of health and safety , because over the same period fatal accidents fell by 72 per cent . |
| 20 | The design staff and manual workers at Lucas jointly felt that there was something seriously wrong about forms of technology which could make product systems as complex as Concorde while in the same society old people were dying of hypothermia . |
| 21 | By the second decade of the new century instrumental music in general had developed special properties rendering obsolescent the concept of composition ‘ da cantare et sonare per ogni instrumento ’ or ‘ apt both for viols and voices ’ , while at the same time concerted secular music for voices was beginning to be overtaken in popularity by the vocal solo or duet . |
| 22 | Teachers in ordinary schools need to be aware that some visually handicapped pupils may have these social needs while at the same time encouraging positive and enjoyable social interaction between pupils within the full range of vision . |
| 23 | The idea is that the Government would maintain a central funding role , and would lay down the rates of benefit , while at the same time encouraging organizations , possibly private ones , to handle the payments to customers . |
| 24 | In addition to the significant changes which have taken place in local taxation , there have also been attempts by government to modify the tax structure in order to make it more equitable , while at the same time encouraging savings and increasing the base of UK share ownership . |
| 25 | The result was that the Ops inspectors were not only permitted but actually put under pressure to qualify and remain current on at least one large modern public transport aircraft while at the same time flying club and private aircraft as well . |
| 26 | Instead , urged on by his military and political masters , he pressed on throughout July and into August , while at the same time fresh Russian attacks were made to the north of his armies . |
| 27 | This is the classic position , and with only the bat to be raised the batsman is in position to move back or forward while at the same time able to focus on the ball . |
| 28 | EC Foreign Ministers in Brussels on Dec. 8 criticized Greece for allowing Greek companies to violate UN sanctions by shipping oil to Serbia while at the same time withholding oil from Macedonia . |
| 29 | Although it had been a rest home for British Telecom , alterations were necessary to provide the ten individual bed sitting rooms and the Housekeepers flat , whilst at the same time some safety improvements were needed to meet the Fire Officer 's regulations . |
| 30 | In view of the excellence of British beef , why is it that major British restaurant chains , which , incidentally make generous donations to the Conservative party , are unable , on the grounds of quantity , quality and consistency , to use a single ounce of British beef in their restaurants , when at the same time 1 million tonnes is rotting in intervention ? |