Example sentences of "refer to the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case roles have been modified since Fillmore 's original definition to include restrictions such as these , but the restriction lists grow to an interminable length and the technique is still unable to recognise that two expressions ( e.g. ’ the woman ’ and ’ she ’ ) may refer to the same individual . |
| 2 | The terms ‘ old age ’ and ‘ retirement ’ are often used interchangeably , but they do not necessarily refer to the same things . |
| 3 | Children evidently realize this quite early in the process of language acquisition , and accept the fact that different words may refer to the same entity — e.g. , our dog , Fred , that wretched animal , and so on . |
| 4 | Clearly , to yield contrary sentences , a pair of colour terms must refer to the same area of uniform colour ; but it is far from obvious how to devise linguistic contexts which will guarantee this . |
| 5 | If this was so , then ‘ Yahweh ’ , ‘ God the Father ’ and ‘ Allah ’ would all refer to the same God , in the way that ‘ The President ’ , ‘ George Bush ’ and ‘ Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces ’ all refer to the same person . |
| 6 | For a new or growing brand , the objectives will refer to the same sort of aspects of the market situation , but will be more concerned with increasing awareness , in developing a favourable view of the product , and persuading new buyers to try the product . |