Example sentences of "giving the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disadvantages are that the single battery has less stamina than a pod of AAs giving the same voltage , and the female terminal can splay ( or the segments fold under if the battery is installed carelessly ) . |
| 2 | So that , no matter what they do , they are more or less giving the same performance each time . |
| 3 | Even worse , we had the Chairmen of the Whitley Councils publicly giving the same message . |
| 4 | ‘ I may die in five years time — hopefully someone else will be there giving the same message . ’ |
| 5 | The depth of focus will be small if the lens aperture is larger , ‘ stopping down ’ will bring the extreme rays closer to the axis so that the true focus can be further from the film while still giving the same size of blur spot . |
| 6 | Half a century later the top-hatted , side-whiskered Stingy Uncle in Punch was giving the same advice . |
| 7 | If you watch an effective policeman or nurse giving the same information to a row of people from different backgrounds , you will be surprised at the range and flexibility of the instinctive code switching . |
| 8 | D.& C. Builders v. Rees ( below , p. 267 ) decides that there is no material distinction between giving a small sum in cash and giving the same amount by a negotiable instrument . |
| 9 | Rather than giving the same recognition to differences among literacies which he proposes to be differences among languages , he uses what is in fact the ‘ autonomous ’ model of literacy as the basis for arguments about the specific nature of the English language . |
| 10 | They seem unskilled in the simple acts that console women when they are distressed — like being held gently for as long as they need to be held , making murmuring noises rather than using words ( or even worse , forming sentences ) , wiping tears away and blowing noses … in other words giving the same comfort which you would give to a child . |
| 11 | Corbett introduced himself , giving the same reason for his curiosity as he had earlier . |