Example sentences of "[prep] more [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individual deterrence occurs when someone commits a crime , is punished for it , and finds the punishment so unpleasant or frightening that the offence is never repeated for fear of more of the same or worse . |
| 2 | Erm my next prezzie is sort of more of the same actually . |
| 3 | To the people of Northern Ireland the Prime Minister 's ’ no change ’ comment is simply a promise of more of the same . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't mind ? ’ she asked , thinking it more than good of him to use his morning squiring her around , without him letting himself in for an afternoon of more of the same ! |
| 5 | There is a reversion to a concept of Biblical antiquity , that of the conjugal debt ; and , most significantly , in continuing the metamorphosing of sexual and monetary transactions , the wife presents the reader at the end with more of the same in the Shipman 's Tale , nothing new or refreshing . |
| 6 | ‘ How about more of the same ? ’ |
| 7 | They held their line and competed hard in midfield , damping down Oldham 's initial verve and preparing themselves for more of the same in the second half . |
| 8 | But then I 've got sons , and there 's never seemed much point in going for more of the same ! |
| 9 | Perhaps the British Museum , for all the constraints of public ownership , might try to push for more of the same balance . |
| 10 | Anyone who watched the drubbing poor Neil Lyndon received for his attack on extreme feminism , No More Sex War , and has a taste for more of the same will relish Not Guilty : In Defence of the Modern Man ( Weidenfeld , February , £8.99 , 0 297 81216 5 ) , in which David Thomas reveals the fruits of his researches into how The Guys have been Really Hurting because of their treatment at the hands of women lately . |
| 11 | There are plenty of good ideas around , but the worry is that the sheer difficulty of practising in inner cities will overwhelm even the most enthusiastic practitioners and managers and that they will ‘ settle for more of the same … but out of better buildings . ’ |
| 12 | But Carolyn , backed up by Phil Morris , hammered away at the point that furnishing fabrics were not like clothes , where customers did not expect to come back for more of the same . |
| 13 | ‘ We said far too much yesterday and I see no reason for more of the same . |
| 14 | Paul McStay helped mastermind the win in Norrkoping — the Scots will pray for more of the same in Berne on Wednesday night |
| 15 | Do join Kirsty , Lloyd , Kathleen Long and me for more of the same but different at five to one tomorrow . |
| 16 | ‘ But we proved against Ipswich that we can be as good as anybody on our day and we will be looking for more of the same tomorrow night . ’ |
| 17 | Having sampled the delights of those establishments it is a mere stumble to the newly-opened Institute , in Skinnergate , for more of the same . |
| 18 | Welcoming the deal , general manager said : ‘ This is our first programme in aircraft seats and we 're looking for more of the same sort of business . |
| 19 | You should look on your notes as you would on a stamp collection — small , frequent additions on the right pages and plenty of empty space for more in the same category . |
| 20 | This means that seven times out of ten the provision of clarification or information results in more of the same or requests for more . |
| 21 | Fashion designers are banking on more of the same |
| 22 | Having liquidated one in four employees during the past few years and having promised to treat its workforce to more of the same during 1993 , IBM should have surprised no one by investing some of the money it has presumably saved in an organisation formed by the people who produced the most recent Terminator film . |
| 23 | They promise nothing but more of the same , ’ he said . |