Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 As both the active and the passive sentence mean the same thing , it is reasonable to ask why we need both .
2 The proofs of purchase remain the same , of course , but the dealer is in a position to take care of installation and so forth for those of a nervous disposition .
3 Since the distance and aperture remain the same , only more or less of the same picture is being shown , just as if a camera in a museum or on an animation stand were moving in and out on an oil painting .
4 Flagstad gave the songs their première , so it 's intriguing to hear her successor bring the same kind of broad sweep , sincerity of purpose and rewarding breath-control to them .
5 Does learning to ride a bicycle or give an injection involve the same processes as learning the anatomy and physiology of the alimentary tract , or a foreign language , or learning to solve problems ?
6 He fails to mention that the two studies recorded in common from at least two folia in the ventral paraflocculus and he fails to cite the fact the individual Purkinje cells in these folia show the same effects reported by both groups .
7 Transport secretary , John MacGregor , agreed with Mr Sproat 's view that ‘ all persons — pensioners , pensioners ’ dependents , current employees or former employees of BR — who currently enjoy concessionary travel with BR should in the future enjoy the same rights of concessionary travel on all public railway services in the UK , whether they are run by residual BR or by any new private sector company ’ .
8 Obviously a given thickness of sediment could not simply by weight produce the same amount of subsidence of a much denser crust .
9 Either way , the general guidelines for healthy eating stay the same , it is just the quantities of food that may be different .
10 The examples of SYMAP and GIMMS in this chapter use the same data-infant mortality rates and Gross National Product for 42 African countries — so the reader can judge the comparative merits of output from the two systems .
11 Coral quote the former champion at 4–5 , but William Hill are less generous offering 1–2 .
12 That 's one of the things , I think , that the Roman Catholics who hanker after the old Latin Mass and its ritual miss the most , and I sympathize with them in the sense that there is n't a great deal of mystery about most of the worship in most of our churches any more , and whilst it 's very right and proper for us to be very busy on practical matters , we must n't forget that there are very mysterious questions about our purpose here , about death and life , which are n't answered simply by doing things and being very busy — in fact , that may be a form of escapism — we need both , and I would hope that there will be room again in Christianity in Europe for worship to become something which speaks to the things I find mysterious , and in that respect I think the interest in spirituality and religious experience , in mysticism , in all those sort of areas about one 's personal religious life , and a lot of it not very orthodox or traditional .
13 Both elements of the total rent have the same VAT treatment .
14 This method assumes that no two words in the dictionary have the same length and the same vector score .
15 Fletcher and colleagues report that patients receiving atenolol have the same mortality from cancer as those not receiving atenolol .
16 We assume that all firms have identical cost conditions and , given the symmetry in the utility function , all firms in the industry have the same level of output .
17 would your assessments of the portfolio remain the same ?
18 The basic principles of the 1983 consolidating Act remain the same as those of the 1959 Act : to provide treatment and care of the mentally disordered on an informal basis and in the community , wherever possible .
19 Figures for the first pregnancies conceived before marriage show the same trend , falling from around the 40 per cent in the early nineteenth century to under 20 per cent in the early twentieth century .
20 Clinton had recently spoken with band members on a national radio phone-in show , but happened to be in Chicago at a campaign stop the same day U2 were playing in town .
21 Future historians would in all likelihood use the same data to help answer entirely different questions were it accessible in its original form .
22 The 2.1kg PC 553 ERP ( all models in the range weigh the same ) will certainly cope with everything from shelf brackets to masonry fixings .
23 In the same debate , the then Chancellor forecast the same growth that has been forecast today — a growth that did not happen .
24 Intention and recklessness bear the same meaning throughout the draft Code .
25 Companies are classified by returns , and all companies with an equivalent return have the same business risk .
26 Many years ago I was taking notes in a legal matter and only realised when I was transcribing them that police commissioner and police constable have the same initials .
27 This could provide a solution to the problem , raised earlier , of why different regions in the early universe have the same properties .
28 But in a barnstorming finish the former England international striker pounced to give Rangers a deserved draw .
29 But in a barnstorming finish the former England international striker pounced to give Rangers a deserved draw .
30 First , though there have been some marginal changes , most notably in the steady trickle away from the north and west to the south and east , the main features of the regional distribution of population remain the same .
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