Example sentences of "[verb] the same [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always to wear the same expression on one 's face whether one is going in or coming out ? ’ |
| 2 | Japanese plans to build an international airport on the Shiraho reef have been abandoned — in favour of building the same airport on the next reef along . |
| 3 | Most patterns need to go the same way on all pieces joined , so this must be taken into account when ordering . |
| 4 | ( 3 ) Return to the starting position and repeat the same movement on the opposite side . |
| 5 | That is to say , if one made the same measurement on a large number of similar systems , each of which started off in the same way , one would find that the result of the measurement would be A in a certain number of cases , B in a different number , and so on . |
| 6 | If you 've got some new material on him that you want to share with us , I 'm more than happy to arrange another lecture for you later in the term , but frankly , as you 've apparently given the same lecture on him for the past ten years , I can hardly be accused of interfering with academic freedom , can I ? ’ |
| 7 | Mr McNeil said the region had tried but failed to persuade the CRE to conduct the same inquiry on a nationwide basis , and regretted its decision to proceed . |
| 8 | She pushed it back , and wiped the same hand on the Beatrix Potter apron Harriet had made her for her birthday . |
| 9 | With a traditional spreadsheet , if you 've got 5,000 product types , and you want to perform the same calculation on each — for instance subtract the costs from the sale price — you have to duplicate the formula 5,000 times . |
| 10 | The bird might then learn that a certain movement of its bill in relation to a milk bottle results in a meal ; and if the bird was then to perform the same activity on an unopened bottle it might break through the top for itself . |
| 11 | To perform the same task on the other side of the world , the following eleven major seas — all on the continental side of the Andesite Line , all secure on their own tectonic plates — need to be included ( we are proceeding northwards and clockwise , from a point somewhere south of New Zealand ) : the Tasman , Solomon , Coral , Bismarck , Philippine , South China , East China and Yellow Seas , the Seas of Japan and of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea . |
| 12 | Check to see that they are secure and looped the same way on each half of the kite . |
| 13 | If the bulge is axisymmetric , lines of sight that make the same angle on either side of the centre will appear equally bright . |
| 14 | He began hesitantly , to be certain he was not boring his acquaintance , but seeing the same expression on the Colonel 's face as had been there before , he flew on like one of his mighty clippers before the wind . |
| 15 | While the historical survey of Viscount Simon L.C. in Stirland v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1944 ] A.C. 315 , 324–326 , is both interesting and instructive , the modern case law all points the same way on this point : see Reg. v. Bellis [ 1966 ] 1 W.L.R. 234 ; Reg. v. Falconer-Atlee ( 1973 ) 58 Cr.App.R. 349 ; Reg. v. Marr ( 1989 ) 90 Cr.App.R. 154 ; Reg. v. Cohen ( 1990 ) 91 Cr.App.R. 125 and Reg. v. Berrada ( Note ) ( 1989 ) 91 Cr.App.R. 131 . |
| 16 | He raised his whisky right in front of the Apache , as if daring the Apache to try the same thing on him . |
| 17 | Having said that , even in my old Cub I used to suffer the same fate on occasion . |
| 18 | For example , while sexual dimorphism in size is likely to evolve where variation in male success is greater than female success and a given increment in body size has the same effect on breeding success in both sexes , it will also evolve if variation in reproductive success is similar in both sexes but size has a greater influence on success in males or even if variation in success is greater in females but the effects of size are greater among males . |
| 19 | Deer and sheep can be induced to mate by artificially shortening the days , while lengthening the days has the same effect on ferrets . |
| 20 | Mazzin tried to impose the same treatment on us . |
| 21 | When he spoke about north Yorkshire , my right hon. Friend the Member for Selby ( Mr. Alison ) said that it would be unwise for any Government to impose the same pattern on every part of England because the differences between one part of the country and another are so great . |
| 22 | Face it , he used the same joke on everybody . |
| 23 | It says it 's wrong that a judge should have to pass the same sentence on an abused wife who kills a brutal husband as it does on a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood . |
| 24 | It commits the industry to applying the same ban on billboard advertising overlooking playgrounds as already applies to billboard advertising close to schools . |
| 25 | He exposed cells in culture to influenza virus , showed that they were resistant to infection with certain other viruses , and isolated from his cultures a protein which conferred the same resistance on fresh cells . |
| 26 | ‘ did unlawfully , wilfully and ’ This point will depend on the circumstances of each case , but if the accused has done the same act on a number of occasions , if he admits he did it intentionally or if he draws attention to himself etc. then unlawful and wilful conduct may be proved . |
| 27 | If employees , employers put the same importance on the safety and security of their fav female employees as they do on the security of their property , there would probably be an instant improvement . |
| 28 | It occurred to National Certificate staff that instead of programming say twenty subject assessors to different centres all over the country on a particular day , all twenty could be programmed to visit the same centre on the same day . |
| 29 | In analysing and explaining crime we will need to examine why these control mechanisms do not exert the same influence on all individuals and social groups . |
| 30 | Constant Old Testament quotations and allusions show the same reliance on the Old Testament teaching for the disclosure of God 's character and purposes . |