Example sentences of "be the same [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	Nevertheless , as has been said previously , the principles by which claims are handled are the same whether a Writ is served or not , and it is , therefore , of paramount importance that the insurer should not feel that he must defer to the advice of his solicitor once proceedings are raised .
2	The prices are the same as a holiday in Amsterdam .
3	However , the artist 's aims may not be the same as a record company's. so the manager has to vet what big business wants musicians to do .
4	Three so she 'd say , Oh you know mind I 've cut it up a bit do you you should n't it 's still a quarter still a quarter you have n't lost a bit of it but it 's still a quarter three twelfths is the same as a quarter .
5	And three twelfths is the same as a quarter is n't it .
6	Okay have you done things like erm three twelfths is the same as a quarter ? have you done that at school ?
7	So twenty five per cent is the same as a quarter
8	For example , a rise in temperature of 10°C is the same as a rise in temperature of 10 K.
9	Third , I do not accept the principle that the meaning of utterances is the same as a person 's ( alleged ) reasons for saying what he says .
10	any name which is the same as a name appearing in the index of names kept by the Registrar of Companies ( s. 714 ) ;
11	The effect of such an order under the Act is the same as a discharge in bankruptcy .
12	I mean that 's the same as a colour photograph .
13	What do we do , you must take away everything that 's in the brackets , so we take away a twenty , so that 's the same as a minus twenty and then we 'll take away a minus one , signs are the same so it 's add one .
14	My prize for the most colourful quote goes to the scientist who said that the likelihood of humans having come about as the result of evolution was the same as a tornado in a scrapyard having accidentally assembled a Jumbo jet .

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