Example sentences of "on [pron] [prep] the same [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Gav — who probably epitomised thick-skulledness , though admittedly would not be amongst one 's first fifteen when it came to offering proof of heavy traffic within the central nervous system — opened one bleary eye and focused on me with the same accuracy one has grown to expect from security forces aiming baton rounds at protesters ' legs .
2 These ledgers can be easily subdivided , enabling several clerks to work on them at the same time and it is also easier to withdraw old accounts and insert new ones in their place .
3 She said that because he was a volunteer she felt she could not call on him in the same way as with a paid worker .
4 Look on it in the same way as the treads on your bike or car tyres .
5 Scotland failing to capitalise on pressure and inflicting wounds on themselves at the same time is another common event , though , and a first-half penalty missed by Gary McAllister had a profound effect on Andy Roxburgh 's side .
6 He should understand that ‘ the story of Christ is simply a true myth : a myth working on us in the same way as the others , but with this tremendous difference that it really happened : and one must be content to accept it in the same way . ’
7 Pennies and Singing Detective raised interest and expectation , but not on anything like the same scale .
8 His competitor , Barry O'Donovan of Carbrook Chemicals , does not export on anything like the same scale as himself , he says .
9 Women rowers ca n't take part on anything like the same scale as the men yet , but the feeling was they 're here to stay :
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