Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] the same " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Death or disappearance ’ — the words were the same as in Doctor Jekyll 's will . |
| 2 | They were not in fact the same thing — they were two separate things — and up until this point , it seemed like it was all one thing — that MainMan and David were the same — but it began to become apparent that they were n't . |
| 3 | You 're not alone in your embarrassment — most of your friends will know exactly what you 're going through , having been through it themselves when their kids were the same age . |
| 4 | He could n't keep pretending that Viola and Eleanor were the same person because Viola 's photo was signed . |
| 5 | No. 45 had no carpet on the floor , otherwise the two halls were the same . |
| 6 | All the parties were the same ( such cynicism from our beautiful people , I thought ) , although , someone droned , ‘ Maybe anarchy would be alright if you could make it work . ’ |
| 7 | You know , my other two other branches were the same , I 'm doing a free appointment at , I 'm at at the moment , we 're supposed to get a two-weekly , when you do a free appointment , they 're supposed to sit down with every two weeks and tell you how you 're doing . |
| 8 | John Hunter , one of the most eminent surgeons of the eighteenth century , was responsible for lending weight to the belief that syphilis and gonorrhoea were the same disease , as a result of a fateful experiment . |
| 9 | When we met I saw that his eyes were the same , soft and luminous ; and there was no constraint between us . |
| 10 | His eyes were the same amber-brown as his son 's , but looked lighter , as his face was more tanned . |
| 11 | I did n't recognise my sister at first when she opened the door , she 'd cut her hair , but the eyes were the same , there were small creases at the sides , the skin puffy , roughened by crying . |
| 12 | He did it again when , leaving her question hanging , he stepped closer , studied her scraped-back hairstyle , then , without so much as a by-your-leave , whipped her glasses from her nose — the better , it seemed , to check that her green eyes were the same green he had looked into during the early hours of Sunday morning . |
| 13 | ‘ We found evidence that some women received lower pay increases than men even when their performance ratings were the same . ’ |
| 14 | The varnished wood , pale cream paintwork and maroon fabric were the same as in her own cabin . |
| 15 | The report went on to point out that these goals were the same for all children , although some children will realise them ( all or in part ) at a much slower pace than others . |
| 16 | I wrote to the effect that I did indeed look forward to life with him , and that my guidelines for living were the same as his . |
| 17 | The sunken cheeks which emphasized his cheekbones , the thin tight-lipped mouth were the same but they merged with the Latin appearance — further highlighted by the cut of his lightweight suit . |
| 18 | Production-wise , The Quatermass Experiment was the same as The Time Machine , save for two small , but significant additions . |
| 19 | The Regional Council 's reasoning was the same in both instances : the Linlithgow HP4 requirement had been met , despite the misguided conclusions of the Reporter in her decision on the Springfield Cala appeal ( see minute of officials meeting of 13 May 1992 ) ; any Colt Hill housing proposal was/is inconsistent with Structure Plan policy HP8 in that |
| 20 | The prevalence of diabetic background retinopathy was the same in rural and urban patients ( 14% , table I ) , but the prevalence of advanced retinopathy ( proliferative retinopathy or maculopathy ) was greater among rural patients than urban patients ( 13% ( 122 ) v 7% ( 89 ) , p<0.001 ) . |
| 21 | The apex of military command was the same as the apex of the civilian structure . |
| 22 | Another approach was to graft fewer and fewer polarizing region cells and again the result was the same . |
| 23 | The result was the same — the farmers lost their always precarious crops of maize , and the herdsmen saw their cattle die in their thousands . |
| 24 | He rode with them to London but the end result was the same : the monastery was ransacked and destroyed , and Adam Sedbergh was executed at Tyburn in 1537 . |
| 25 | Whichever formation Taylor deployed the result was the same — absolutely nothing ! |
| 26 | Yet however unjust , whoever was to blame , the result was the same : his father was a broken man . |
| 27 | But the result was the same : the faint whirring of a blank tape . |
| 28 | The result was the same . |
| 29 | Right or wrong , the result was the same . |
| 30 | But , whatever the chain of events that had led up to it , the result was the same . |