Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] the same [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Childebert 's tax inspectors then tried to institute the same reforms in Tours , but Gregory claimed that the city was exempt , and related the history of exemption since the time of Chlothar I. However , if reorganization had not threatened Tours , it is doubtful whether we would have heard of the perfectly sensible arrangements at Poitiers , which suggest not only that taxation was normal in the Merovingian kingdom , but also that it could be organized efficiently , and so far as one can see , fairly . |
| 2 | And she wants to do the same things as us . |
| 3 | What we can not do is ask questions about sub-areas of the cerebral cortex , for example the striate cortex of primates , and expect to get the same answers from studies on different groups . |
| 4 | The company also said that it will continue with its application to the Department of Trade and Industry to operate a ‘ personal communications network ’ , which is expected to present the same opportunities in the next decade as cellular mobile radio is doing in this . |
| 5 | The herb border can be designed to follow the same principles as those used for the herbaceous or mixed border ; small plants will not thank you for planting them next to towering or buxom plants — they will be smothered in no time . |
| 6 | Surely we all want to achieve the same objectives , an end to recession , low unemployment , a prosperous and fair economy , good education , training and health care . |
| 7 | I talked to the lady for some time and we seemed to like the same things , so I was pleased when their bid was the successful one . |
| 8 | If the Spirit of Jesus is the gift bestowed on his followers , we shall expect to find the same characteristics marking authentic Christian life in the Spirit . |
| 9 | Housewives simply do not expect to work the same hours in the home as they would in an office or factory . |
| 10 | We seemed destined to replay the same parts in an old story . |
| 11 | Furthermore , if both LIFESPANs are instructed to use the same units simultaneously , they will compete for access to those units ( on a first-come first-served basis ) . |
| 12 | There is no obstacle at all except a respect for logical consistency to weighing facts justly when a mistake can cost money but refusing to extend the same standards to the historicity of Bible narrative , or to shutting one 's eyes to the use of Einstein 's relativity in work on the atom bomb while publicly denouncing the theory as Jewish science or bourgeois idealism . |
| 13 | It was decided to withdraw the same charges against former Prime Minister Zaid al-Rifai and former Finance Minister Hanna Awdah . |
| 14 | Furthermore the resulting " socialist man " seemed to have the same needs as his capitalist counterpart for material goods , especially those based on energy and materially intensive technologies . |
| 15 | But you could have er , be er could now be referring to a different row that happens to have the same numbers in . |
| 16 | An old and enduring model of sexual difference , developed most powerfully and resiliently by Galen in the second century AD , had stressed the homologous nature of male and female reproductive organs ; women were said to have the same genitals as men , only inside rather than outside . |
| 17 | Drawing on North American experience , the Commission concluded that ‘ poor management was an important contributory factor to New York 's problems ’ , and sought to apply the same lessons here ( p. 2 ) . |
| 18 | Not only are we all primed to look for regularities , we tend to perceive the same regularities . |
| 19 | His model and hero was his neighbour Mustafa Kenal Ataturk ; he strove to implement the same reforms in Iran as were being achieved in Turkey . |
| 20 | What is the nature of the relationship between proper names and descriptive referential phrases that happen to designate the same objects ? |
| 21 | It can only be hoped that the newly aggressive financial players of the Thatcher era manage to avoid the same errors . |
| 22 | Now that we have looked at Wharram Percy deserted village and seen something of the 30-year long excavations there , we should look at other studies and excavations on village sites which seem to suggest the same developments implied at Wharram Percy . |
| 23 | You 've got to give the same numbers |
| 24 | Also it was oddly reassuring to recognise the same issues of non-participation , official steam-rollering , and apathy in case studies from Scotland and Appalachia . |
| 25 | ‘ You and he seem to share the same ideas ! |
| 26 | But both firms happen to have the same dividends and the same share price , so that the net and gross dividend yields are the same at 5.31 and 7.08 per cent respectively . |
| 27 | Seeing as you only like bands who seem to have the same attitudes as you , I 'm sure you will be pleased to know there is a band called Guns N' Roses who have this same attitude . |
| 28 | Some of the tense/aspect distinctions of American Black English which have attracted the attention of sociolinguists seem to introduce the same problems of underlying structural non-identity as the Irish English perfect — an example is perfective done , illustrated by 19–21 . |
| 29 | ‘ Somehow you manage to achieve the same goals , ’ said T.E . |
| 30 | Kodak , for example , is beginning to reap the same sorts of advantage as it carefully allocates supply among all its producing units . |