Example sentences of "[verb] the same or " 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 | 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) ) . |
| 6 | Colour in the shops which sell the same or similar goods ( eg colour all food shops green , all restaurants and take-aways red , etc ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ( 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 ; |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | By a writ dated 11 October 1989 the plaintiff , Derbyshire County Council , claimed ( 1 ) damages for libel contained in articles appearing in the issue of ‘ The Sunday Times ’ dated 17 September 1989 entitled ‘ Revealed ; Socialist tycoon 's deals with a Labour chief ’ and ‘ Bizarre deals of a council leader and the media tycoon ’ , and in the issue dated 24 September 1989 entitled ‘ Council share deals under scrutiny ’ published by the defendants , Times Newspapers Ltd. , Andrew Neil , the editor , Rosemary Collins and Peter Hounam , two of the newspaper 's journalists ; and ( 2 ) an injunction to restrain the defendants , their servants or agents from publishing the same or any similar libel of the plaintiff council . |
| 15 | Unless , that is , two groups happen to tell each other and it turns out that both have had the same or similar experiences . |
| 16 | 7.1 Each of the Parties agrees during the term of this Agreement not to participate in any project which competes with the Project or which is designed to fulfil the same or similar objects . |
| 17 | DNA typing showed the same or a similar strain to be present in at least two family members in three of the four family groups . |
| 18 | Coping strategies are unthinkingly deployed which tend at the least to be ineffective , and which often produce unintended , unwanted side-effects that breach the same or other injunctions . |
| 19 | Power output stays the same or drops slightly . |
| 20 | The current year , the ninety three ninety four year I have figures only up to the end of December and in comparison to the previous full twelve months the number of applications is almost as high in the first three quarters of the year but the fee income is about half what had been received for the full previous year and that is the problem that we 're facing , that the number of applications , the amount of work is , is staying the same or is indeed increasing slightly , er but the fee income , because of the nature of the the applications and the fee regime that is charged , is actually falling off quite rapidly . |
| 21 | News that standards had stayed the same or actually fell in several instances is pretty alarming , especially the apparent deterioration in reading skills among less able pupils . |
| 22 | A common function or way of life often demands the same or similar structure . |
| 23 | These words would all have the same or a very similar score and would combine exponentially into word paths . |
| 24 | Eventually the program will organise all the samples into groups having the same or similar ‘ fingerprints ’ . |
| 25 | The essence of diffusionism is that where you find the same or similar techniques you propose the existence of some form of cultural connection or ‘ borrowing ’ , especially when , in the case of material objects , the similarities do not stem automatically from the raw materials used , and where they are reinforced by large numbers of parallel instances . |
| 26 | In 1970 , the Equal Pay Act made it unlawful to pay women less than men for doing the same or similar work ( although this was not to be implemented until 1975 ) . |
| 27 | Futures exchanges are linked to the underlying physical markets , so that the option of doing the same or similar business in an off-exchange market is an ever-present reality . |
| 28 | I hereby acknowledge that I have received from the sum of £ in payment for the fixtures , fittings and chattels now in or about the above premises listed in the Schedule below AND I confirm that I am absolutely entitled to the same free of any charge , hire-purchase agreement or other incumbrance affecting the same or any of them . |
| 29 | The trustee ill bankruptcy can sell the goodwill of a business and its trade so as to exclude the bankrupt , when discharged , from commencing a similar business under the same name , or issuing the same or similar trade mark : Melrose-Drover v. Heddle ( 1901 ) 4 F. 1120 . |
| 30 | The current system has been developed for English , but the methods would be applicable to other languages which use the same or similar alphabets . |