Example sentences of "[be] the [det] size [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Heather and Anita are the same size although Heather is older than Anita .
2 The eggs , which are the same size as the adult male mite , take 3 to 4 days to hatch into the three-legged larva .
3 The other anomaly was the size of the Cayman coins : both the Cayman penny and nickel are the same size as an American dime , the Cayman dime is the size of an American nickel , and the Cayman quarter is the size of an American quarter .
4 For the sake of graphic unity they are the same size as the blocks used elsewhere in this section .
5 Rigid plastic cisterns ( polypropylene ) have the advantage that they are the same size as the galvanised cisterns they replace .
6 Unless taken separately to a gully , sink wastes are the same size as bath/shower wastes .
7 Now they 're the same size as that popular teenage magazine BIG ! !
8 No they 're a bit you know long for her but they 're the same size as she was wearing Jean and the other ones were too narrow for her feet .
9 The drill size for the six string holes should be the same size as those in the actual bridge plate .
10 Knitted in double jacquard , the single stitches will be the same size as all the others and the fabric stays even .
11 Dr Ivan Edwards , former Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum , and the foremost expert on the pyramids , has suggested that if there is any chamber beyond the door it is likely to be the same size as the passageway .
12 This should be the same size as the difference between the panel 's present and final position .
13 I 'll need to cut your dad 's legs off and then he 'll be the same size as you .
14 A window can be the same size as the screen or as small as a single icon .
15 The engine is the same size as in the old car , but the bodywork seems lighter and the shape is certainly smoother , so that probably accounts for the difference , ’ she says .
16 The Edmonton plants opened 11 years ago , is the same size as that planned for Corby .
17 Teacher : Do you think your shadow is the same size as you , Leanne ?
18 it 's a s different colour , but it is the same size as that .
19 If the coprocessor socket is the same size as the main processor socket the smaller RapidCad chip should be installed with a complete row of socket holes showing around it .
20 Palisade , from The Marley Paving Company , is a deeper block and is the same size as the largest Classico pavior , it can be used for steps , raised borders or edge restraint .
21 It 's the same size as you . ’
22 And it 's the same size as the back room ?
23 ‘ The second reason why this is a good target is that it 's the same size as the vital part of the aeroplane . ’
24 It 's the same size as yours up to the wardrobe and up to the door .
25 Yeah , but I wan na buy , it 's the same size as your bedroom up to the wardrobes and up to the door .
26 it 's the same size as our lawn
27 She was the same size as me so I knew that her clothes would fit me .
28 The increase in the real cost of mortgage interest tax relief over the period — £2.4 billion at 1986/7 prices — was the same size as the real fall in net public capital spending on housing .
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