Example sentences of "making the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zimbabwe and other African countries are now making the same mistake , and inviting Swedes to come over and do progressive things to their economies . |
| 2 | ‘ Ah , but you see , you 're making the same mistake again ! ’ |
| 3 | By constantly making the same mistake there is the danger that you are reinforcing and learning how to make the error rather than correcting it . |
| 4 | In view of that stated aim , I was surprised to find no mention of Sherwood Idso 's claims that all of the fuss is a result of climatologists barking up the wrong tree , misled by computer models which are all making the same mistake . |
| 5 | If only to stop you making the same mistake twice , eh ? ’ |
| 6 | Now the point I 'm trying to make — the reason I sent you to that 2D universe — is that I reckon we 're making the same mistake — about the space of our universe . |
| 7 | By trying to reform finance without simultaneously considering local government 's powers , boundaries and responsibilities we are making the same mistake as we made then . |
| 8 | Mr Knapp said he hoped British Rail would recognise the anger among its 130,000 workers , but added : ‘ The board is in danger of making the same mistake as in 1989 of underestimating the mood of its workforce . ’ |
| 9 | Erm , why 's that like that , they do n't tell you how to correct it , so often , you know , you do n't , you do n't know how to avoid making the same mistake next time . |
| 10 | This problem can be easily overcome by 1 ) boring a very small hole in the palette and 2 ) making the same size hole on the top of the left-hand side of the box . |
| 11 | They ca n't go on making the same widget day after day . |
| 12 | With three gearboxes making the same noise it seems to me a design fault , but is there a cure ? |
| 13 | Still staring up at him , she tried to discover if he was making the same connections as herself , but his face gave absolutely nothing away , and yet , when he 'd first opened the door , she 'd thought he 'd looked disappointed . |
| 14 | When they ignore the whole idea of pandering to a European market , they can be quite good , as in Tarkovsky 's Italian-funded productions , where he just carried on making the same film that had obsessed him for the past 30 years , only a bit more slowly . |
| 15 | On the train , I had been unable to imagine Flaubert ( howling like an impatient dog ? grumbling ? ardent ? ) making the same journey ; now at this point of pilgrimage , the gateposts were no help in thinking my way back to the hot reunions of Gustave and Louise . |
| 16 | The doctor had wanted to bring him here but was not very happy about making the same journey twice , so he had taken him to the next valley . |
| 17 | Because here they were once again , making the same journey between the lift and the door of her apartment , too short a walk in which to resolve dilemmas or reach decisions . |
| 18 | Established by a commercial company , Freewheeling , the scheme seeks to match prospective travellers making the same journey in different cars , with a view to encouraging them to share vehicles . |
| 19 | Here 's an example of people making the same request in the three different styles . |
| 20 | During the Reagan presidency , the Guardian kept blaming his errors on age , and perforce , there I was again with another angry letter — ‘ Son of Disgusted , Centre for Policy on Ageing ’ — pointing out that , like it or not , Ronald Reagan had always been like that , making the same kind of statement and endorsing the same brand of policies . |
| 21 | Lamb 's friends are asking why Gower was given a free hand to make his remarks while Lamb faces one of the toughest penalties ever imposed in cricket for making the same kind of accusation . |
| 22 | What teachers have to learn is that a child who writes ows for house , and one who writes ekstra for extra , are making the same kind of error . |
| 23 | Far from doing this , Hildyard and Olson simply reproduce those very conventions in their own work making the same claims for objectivity as those made by the Royal Society . |
| 24 | When an individual returns to making the same type of relationship again and again despite repeated and increasing negative consequences or uses it inappropriately and compulsively to suppress uncomfortable emotions or to gain a sense of elation in order to change a disordered mood . |
| 25 | One of the sad things about history is that nations keep making the same mistakes . |
| 26 | In our own lives , when we look back over things we 've done , we try to learn something from them — if we know we 've done something stupid , we try to make sure that we do n't keep on making the same mistakes over and over again . |
| 27 | One believes they are making the same mistakes as the oil companies made — ‘ giving away the product in the hope of buying customers ’ . |
| 28 | Past mistakes are , of course , bygone , but for the sake of the next generation , we can ill afford to continue making the same mistakes over again . |
| 29 | Present EEC legal structures , combined with the changes which are proposed to make enlargement possible , will , Akos Bod fears , lead to the Community making the same mistakes which were made by Comecon . |
| 30 | The other importance of this marriage is their offspring , the mirror image of Pip and someone that Pip is determined to bring up with his hard earned wisdom and experience in order to stop Pip II from making the same mistakes . |