Example sentences of "[prep] the same [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He evidently also wrote to the earl of Northumberland for the same purpose since the earl was raising men in the East Riding on 16 June ( the day after the duke 's letter reached York ) . |
| 2 | He evidently also wrote to the earl of Northumberland for the same purpose since the earl was raising men in the East Riding on 16 June ( the day after the duke 's letter reached York ) . |
| 3 | Such courses may be of interest to you as a returner but they are not the same as re-entry programmes , and would not be recognised for the same purpose if you ever had to provide evidence of an updating course to your National Board . |
| 4 | Following questions in Parliament , the Department of Trade and Industry announced last October that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading UK export controls , and would be restricted . |
| 5 | On 17 October , Mr Sainsbury announced — ‘ in the light of publicity ’ — that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading export control . |
| 6 | It was formed in 1939 for the same purpose as the NL , to amalgamate and strengthen various extreme right-wing and pro-fascist movements . |
| 7 | These institutions are produced for the same purpose as neuroses are by the individual ; they are collective solutions for the problem of defence against unsatisfied wishes . |
| 8 | Urquhart had come to the Nowaks ' house , Blanche thought , for the same purpose as her — an illegal search for clues about Marek 's past activities . |
| 9 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 10 | His aim was to show that you can cook wholesome , gourmet dishes for the same price as ordinary school dinners — 46p a head — and that children really love them . |
| 11 | Better foreign design may well mean no more than extra features being provided for the same price as the basic equivalent UK model [ CPRS , 1975 ] . |
| 12 | Volume users should pay 30% to 40% less than on analogue cellular , lower-volume users will get three times as many minutes for the same price as cellular . |
| 13 | Assuming that the seller can then re-sell them elsewhere for the same price as the buyer had agreed to pay , the seller will suffer no loss . |
| 14 | Clearly , if the seller has been able to sell the goods elsewhere for the same price as the buyer had agreed to pay ( or a greater price ) the seller must refund the buyer 's part payment . |
| 15 | The new cars will sell for the same price as regular models , although the Ford say they will cost $100 more to produce . |
| 16 | Some experts claim the difference may be as much as 15 per cent , but producers in Austria--which leads the rest of Europe in RME use--claim they can make RME for the same price as diesel . |
| 17 | Several companies , such as Citroen , have started to offer diesel models for the same price as petrol-powered ones . |
| 18 | The first is that the donations that would be made would go to charitable social service agencies providing for the same groups as statutory agencies . |
| 19 | If they do not , then the ‘ pussy ’ miaows two more times for the same response and possible penalty before trying to get someone else to laugh . |
| 20 | The integral malt loader was removed for the same treatment and refitted . |
| 21 | Even if they return to work for the same firm when their children go to school their seniority is lost . |
| 22 | Indeed , the first moves in this direction occurred in 1986 of course , when as Noble Lords will recall the Metropolitan counties or at least their county councils were abolished and police authorities were created for the same areas as freestanding corporate bodies . |
| 23 | It is for the same reasons that I would now support the denationalization of British Rail . |
| 24 | For the same reasons that the female is more likely to acquire infection in the throat than her male sexual partner , the homosexual male who practises oral sex is more likely to be infected in the throat than his heterosexual equivalent . |
| 25 | Frey 's attempt to discredit these ‘ simple ’ desires will not work here ; and for the same reasons that it was finally discredited earlier in this chapter . |
| 26 | Anthropologists , following Evans-Pritchard 's lead , have reacted against this way of seeing primitive , or non-literate , peoples , and maintained that they do not act as they do for the same reasons that neurotics act in Western society . |
| 27 | In the same manner and for the same reasons that Ravenna became the capital for the western part of the Roman Empire , the lagoons on the northern shore of the Adriatic became a refuge for people fleeing from barbarian attack . |
| 28 | Others , for the same reasons or for what they believe are reasons of legal principle , may argue that no murder is committed , on the basis of the reasoning noted earlier that the ventilator is ‘ prolonging life ’ , and turning it off is an omission permitting death , not a commission causing death . |
| 29 | Few there are who would speak in favour of cruelty to animals , as thus understood , and I take it that , whatever else our differences might be , at least we all agree that cruelty to other animals is morally vile , and morally vile for the same reasons as cruelty to human children , for example . |
| 30 | They demanded bracket construction for the overhead wires , but this was turned down for the same reasons as those in Mitcham . |