Example sentences of "for [noun pl] of the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This suggests an increase in the pulling power of personalities and does not suggest that there was a marked tendency towards " equalisation " of voted for candidates of the same party . |
| 2 | Some researchers maintain that many of these principles are genetically programmed , and it is this which explains how it is possible for speakers of the same language to develop similar and highly complex knowledge of their language , even though , in the normal language learning situation , they will have been exposed only to limited and random samples of speech . |
| 3 | Between 1959 and 1977 , the number of female offenders per 100,000 of the population aged 14 to under 17 increased by 379 per cent ( compared to a 148 per cent increase for males of the same age group ) . |
| 4 | For females aged over 21 there was a 281 per cent increase ( compared to 136 per cent for males of the same age group ) . |
| 5 | Finally , I had found in other experiments that birds show no consistent preferences for members of the same sex . |
| 6 | In comprehension , children might already be aware that different speakers used different terms for instances of the same category , bird and oiseau say , but they might still be unsure for themselves of the specific conditions under which a speaker used one or other term . |
| 7 | It follows that the way in which the upper years of junior schools are organised should be seen — just as already happens for pupils of the same age in middle schools — as part of the process of securing good continuity between the primary and secondary phases . |
| 8 | This goes for couples of the same sex too , and for friends who live together . |
| 9 | In 1901 58 per cent of men aged 65 were married compared with 78 per cent in 1981 ; for women of the same age group the proportions classed as married at these two time points were 38 per cent and 46 per cent respectively . |
| 10 | At all ages rates for men are considerably higher than those for women of the same age . |
| 11 | In 1990 , men aged 65 years could expect to spend around six months of their 14.2 years of remaining life expectancy in residential care ; for women of the same age this figure was 1.1 remaining years , an amount greater both absolutely and as a proportion of total remaining life expectancy ( table III ) . |