Example sentences of "[verb] the same [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the rays of light that form the event horizon , the boundary of the black hole , can never approach each other , the area of the event horizon might stay the same or increase with time but it could never decrease — because that would mean that at least some of the rays of light in the boundary would have to be approaching each other . |
| 2 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 3 | Somatic hybridisation , which involves the same or different species to produce a new cell with two sets of chromosomes , is also being developed to produce new crop plants . |
| 4 | But , if the material is commonplace , there would be nothing to stop an ex-employee deriving the same or similar material again as long as he did not simply copy his employer 's material . |
| 5 | Some things needed to change , but some needed to remain the same and I usually found myself in this place pulling at the forces of change as a child might pull at the reins of a runaway horse . |
| 6 | An individual shall be deemed to have received a capital sum or be entitled to receive such a sum where a third person receives the same or is entitled to receive the same at the direction of the individual or where the individual assigns his right ( by , for instance , a deed of assignment or an equitable assignment ) to receive the sum to such third person ( s739(5) ) . |
| 7 | Colour in the shops which sell the same or similar goods ( eg colour all food shops green , all restaurants and take-aways red , etc ) . |
| 8 | It must be stressed that the concept of The Smiths will remain the same and the group will continue to promote their forthcoming single and album releases and are eager to plan live dates once a new guitarist has been selected . ’ |
| 9 | Centre manager Susan Nicol said the management team would remain the same and there would be no noticeable difference to shoppers or tenants in the way Cameron Toll was run — although it was hoped the new owners would invest in a facelift for the centre . |
| 10 | If a card is introduced [ which will depend on developments in technology not yet available ] the rules will remain the same and the total amount of discount available will be limited . |
| 11 | But do remember to make use of the facilities on offer — for example , you can use the Copy command to save typing the same or similar details . |
| 12 | The claims of the kingdom of God dictate that all people must be treated the same and be held in the same esteem . |
| 13 | To attract the best patrons the movie-houses had to ape the conventions and the standards of theatres and opera-houses but very quickly the whole industry realized that the appeal of the movie palaces was not unrelated to the fact that all customers had to be treated the same and so they became temples of a new classlessness . |
| 14 | They 'll be treated the same and have their qualifications recognised . |
| 15 | But the incidence of cancer among paranoid schizophrenics in the same or similar institutions eating the same or similar American diet is higher than that of the normal population ( Simonton et al . |
| 16 | It was obliged to do so if it was to operate within a competitive market where there were a sufficient number of firms producing the same or a substitutable commodity so that each firm was incapable of influencing the price of the commodity by adjusting its output . |
| 17 | You can then compare your data items with that frame , noting if the substitution item has the same or different pitch as the word in the frame you are comparing with . |
| 18 | ( iii ) has had an order made against him which is not a bankruptcy order but which has the same or a similar effect under the law in force in any territory outside England and Wales ; |
| 19 | To say that the other can remain absolutely other , that he enters only into the relationship of conversation , is to say that history itself , an identification of the same , can not claim to totalise the same and the other . |
| 20 | I was gon na say which is , is as good , ah , no its not virtually the same , it looks the same but they 've got three engines in it . |
| 21 | Bottle-wrack looks the same and grows in the same straggly way . |
| 22 | If Midland Life is required to make any payment under the Policyholders ' Protection Act 1975 ( or any enactment amending or replacing the same or of a similar nature ) or if there is any change in the law or Inland Revenue practice affecting a Guaranteed Capital Bond the benefits provided by such a Bond may be varied by Midland Life in such manner as the Midland Life Actuary considers appropriate . |
| 23 | My mother always kept letters in their envelopes and a lot of other people must have done the same or the stamp business generally would have been the poorer . ’ |
| 24 | When Robert McFarlane was charged with withholding information from Congress about diverting arms sale funds to the Contras , Reagan openly joked that he had done the same and withheld information from Congress . |
| 25 | A marriage based mainly on likeness can be in trouble when too easy an assumption is made that the other must feel the same and when inevitable differences emerge and can not be tolerated . |
| 26 | We are certain that you will feel the same and we want you to try a Goblin Steamatic with a special money back guarantee . |
| 27 | Because I 'm on T.V. I have to keep it looking the same and so it 's trimmed every five to six weeks . |
| 28 | Erm and I 've said further on that erm some could have afford to stay out but that 's they we 're not all built the same and erm we must avoid that at all cost . |
| 29 | so he was gon na do the same for me , do a bit of shopping well I said you 'll get it like give you the money , so he says well I was gon na do the same but I said the only thing is when we go to the cash desk er , I said I 'm gon na leave you , I said I 'm not standing there |
| 30 | I day-dreamed that I could do the same and we would sit together unashamed in the afternoon sun . |