Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb base] the same [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In discussing texts we idealise away from this variability of the experiencing of the text and assume what Schutz has called ‘ the reciprocity of perspective ’ , whereby we take it for granted that readers of a text or listeners to a text share the same experience ( Schutz , 1953 ) .
2 Clinton had recently spoken with band members on a national radio phone-in show , but happened to be in Chicago at a campaign stop the same day U2 were playing in town .
3 Reserve police in the RUC wear the same uniform , for all that an outsider can distinguish , and as a consequence face the same security risks , but most are marginalized by the restricted range of duties they perform and the short-term status of their contract .
4 Blissfully unaware that I had no obligation to sign any agreement , I put down a ten-pound deposit the same afternoon .
5 If you and a friend own the same game , you can often plug them together ( with the supplied cable ) and play against each other .
6 How does she manage to go out on a training run the same day as she has run a major marathon when most other competitors are sitting with their feet up savouring the rest ?
7 Does learning to ride a bicycle or give an injection involve the same processes as learning the anatomy and physiology of the alimentary tract , or a foreign language , or learning to solve problems ?
8 Even if the two sides in an argument have the same value system and the same objective there can still be a fierce argument because the perceptions of the same situation are different .
9 All the isotopes ( see section 1.1 ) of an element have the same name .
10 Isotopes of an element have the same number of protons in the nucleus — and hence the same chemical properties — but different numbers of neutrons , and thus have slightly different masses .
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