Example sentences of "they [be] [noun pl] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note that these sounds do not contrast with each other in the same environment because they are variants of the same phoneme . |
| 2 | For this purpose lenders should be considered to be part of the same group if they are parties to the same agreement or course of dealing , even if it is not always the same members of the group who participate in individual financings entered into under that agreement or course of dealing . |
| 3 | Even for the three vertebrate cases , the ways in which the wing is constructed are quite different , although in each case they are modifications of the same fundamental structure , the pentadactyl limb . |
| 4 | The different species of trees are not all making their livings in exactly the same way , but as far as the particular race we are talking about is concerned — the race for the sunlight above the canopy — they are competitors for the same resource . |
| 5 | Lexicological units must not only be delimited paradigmatically , that is , within a constant syntactic frame : we want also to be able to say of two occurrences of a lexical form in different syntactic environments whether they are occurrences of the same lexical unit , or two different units . |
| 6 | Even if the wedding were not Jesus 's own , his presence , as well as his mother 's at such an occasion would patently suggest that they were members of the same social caste . |
| 7 | It was as though they were creatures of the same species , possessed of a venom which might kill an outsider , but were powerless to injure each other . |
| 8 | If they were occurences of the same type , they are usually referred to as ‘ twins ’ . |