Example sentences of "be on the same [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important point , however , is that the two " likes " must be treated as like in some respect ; and in the linguistic cases this does not merely mean that the two items co-ordinated must be on the same level in terms of specific syntactic classifications , as has often been remarked ; more importantly , it is clear that they must be alike in both bearing one of the other relations , already introduced , to some third element ; thus , in : ( 38 ) Nora is Irish and beautiful the structure is such that Irish and beautiful are both related to Nora by assignment , while in : ( 39 ) bed and board is going to take half his wages the relation of instantiation links both bed and board to the single entity in the subject position . |
| 2 | He made her angry , but subconsciously she would have liked his approval , would have liked to be on the same terms with him as Joanna was with Ian . |
| 3 | ‘ Of course I 'll take you , ’ Fabia replied without hesitation , and was about to add that she would be on the same flight with her when she was halted by a change in Cara 's expression . |
| 4 | ‘ By morning , we ought to be on the same side of the Forth as they are , and facing the open space to the west of the forest . |
| 5 | For example , if we pick every tenth house number in a street then all those selected will be on the same side of the street ; this could affect some aspect of the study . |
| 6 | The vendors and management will be on the same side in their desire to minimise the Revenue 's slice of the deal and , though the doctrine in Ramsay and Furniss v Dawson [ 1984 ] AC 474 may now preclude the insertion into the transaction of " last-minute " artificial tax-avoidance steps , there is still room for adopting a tax-minimising strategy , as this too can be highly relevant to the price each side is willing to accept . |