Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [verb] the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times the broadcasters themselves did not really understand the significance of what they were broadcasting , so it was hardly surprising that their listeners took the same view : enthusiasm , and the lack of it , are equally infectious . |
| 2 | They were crowded together in a corner , their tails pointing the same way . |
| 3 | Although Landsats 4 and 5 have a lower orbital altitude ( 705 km ) than Landsats 1–3 , their orbits cover the same proportion of the Earth 's surface — that between 82°N and S latitude . |
| 4 | Even the critic Arthur Jerome Eddy , who was the author of the first English book on Cubism and a cautious supporter of the movement , was able to write : ‘ In short Picasso and a few followers have reached a degree of abstraction in the suppression of the real and the particular that their paintings represent the same degree of emotion as the demonstration of a difficult geometrical proposition . ’ |
| 5 | There is evidence that it became the practice for individuals to be named after the day on which they were born and that couples were not allowed to marry if their birthdays had the same numeral . |
| 6 | The relevant contracts will include provisions requiring the private contractors and their employees to adopt the same standards in protecting the privacy of taxpayer information as apply to Revenue employees . |