Example sentences of "may [verb] the same [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exception might be the synthesis of information which may achieve the same aim as analysis . |
| 2 | ‘ … the biogeographer may study the same phenomena as the ecologist , but he usually places as much emphasis on the distributional aspects as on the environmental relationships in this study . |
| 3 | In the Arab world this is not so ; the managing director may use the same office as the general clerks , so the salesperson must be careful how he speaks to people ! |
| 4 | American English may use the same words as ‘ English ’ English , but with a different meaning . |
| 5 | Within this text , which ends after Mome Elwis 's speech in reply , a speech that matches that of Dame Sirith when she initially protects herself , the wretched clerk finds that the only answer he gets is a speech that matches his own for its wordiness and clichéd character — a speech in which Mome Elwis well may mouth the same formulae as Dame Sirith in the equivalent situation , as quoted above . |
| 6 | We are concerned that rehabilitation may face the same problems as re-introduction or re-stocking in conservation — difficult , expensive , and the results often uncertain . |
| 7 | Employers may have the same anticipations as workers about the general price level , but they are more directly concerned about the price of the products they are producing and are far better informed about that . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , an inacurrate plan that prevails over the verbal description may have the same effect as a verbal misdescription . |
| 9 | Institutions may retain the same appearance while transforming their character — a truism pertinent to both monarchy and parliament . |
| 10 | They may play the same dives as those familiar Falconite grunge gluttons , but old lurch-riff formulas are being uprooted in a bid for a stronger individual identity . |
| 11 | The last-night-of-the-prommers may wave the same flag as England 's World Cup supporters but they do not , at the end of the day , dance to the same tunes . |