Example sentences of "different [noun] [modal v] [verb] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Readers of Rupert Murdoch 's papers in different continents might read the same syndicated articles . |
| 2 | It 's strange that two quite different words can mean the same thing . |
| 3 | It 's strange that two quite different words can mean the same thing . |
| 4 | This luxuriant multiplicity means , of course , that different parties will explain the same events differently according to their selective , subjective view of the situation . |
| 5 | First , a single sense can be modified in an unlimited number of ways by different contexts , each context emphasising certain semantic traits , and obscuring or suppressing others ; just as a dirty window-pane will allow some parts of the scene beyond it to be seen clearly , and will partially or completely obscure other parts — and a different pane will affect the same scene differently . |
| 6 | He used it to explain how different chemical compounds may contain the same elements in the same proportions — ‘ isomerism ’ — because their atoms are differently arranged , and how different substances may have the same crystalline form — ‘ isomorphism ’ — because they have the same number of atoms in the same arrangement . |
| 7 | This means that different firms can adopt the same formal organisation trappings but still find themselves managing particular tasks in quite different ways . |
| 8 | Because we are conditioned to thinking of retirement as a time for settling into a new home , many people up sticks without perhaps giving enough thought to such essentials as proximity to family and friends and whether a different area would provide the same scope for pursuing their interests . |
| 9 | Different theories can have the same observational consequences . |
| 10 | Universality refers to the fact that totally different systems can exhibit the same route to chaos — the same not just in that they show the same broad features , but very closely the same including quantitative details . |
| 11 | Different records might call the same man husbandman and yeoman , but as he progressed , the latter description would be used with increasing consistency . |
| 12 | This incentive to screen will not operate effectively if the strategy sets of agents are very limited ; different types will select the same actions if constrained in their choice . |