Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb base] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The essence of diffusionism is that where you find the same or similar techniques you propose the existence of some form of cultural connection or ‘ borrowing ’ , especially when , in the case of material objects , the similarities do not stem automatically from the raw materials used , and where they are reinforced by large numbers of parallel instances . |
| 2 | ‘ You , Fernando Serra , are either lying through your teeth , putting on a brave face or you have the same loose sort of arrangement with your mistress as you accused me of having with Steve . ’ |
| 3 | In Judaism , where we find the same secret teachings in the Kabbalah . |
| 4 | In the immediate mode on BBC Micro , all control codes ( with the exception of |
| 5 | They have equal standing in the Bundestag , where they have the same chances of being appointed to committees and promoted to ministerial rank . |
| 6 | He was on his way home — characteristically late , I realize , now that I keep the same office hours from the back blocks of the building where I am now sitting . |
| 7 | My shirts and nightwear were still " Annie Thompson " exclusives ( which was her maiden name ) and she would frequently scold herself when she made a mistake in her work and oddly I find that I do the same thing , even today , a sort of " pull your finger out Mahaddie " . |
| 8 | Each one you alight upon and are fixed on , another shows its face so that you forget the former one and so ad infinitum . |
| 9 | The only conditions the Taxman lays down is that you give the same amount regularly for at least four years and that you are a UK taxpayer . |
| 10 | I 'm sure it wo n't have escaped your notice that you do the same thing when you want to run a DOS command , like DIR , COPY , CLS and so on . |
| 11 | Once you begin working with pressed flowers , you may find that you have the same problem that I still face every time I start a new design — I always want to use as much of my pressed material as possible , if not the whole lot ! |
| 12 | Questions like this may be asked by people who assume that you have the same sort of lifestyle as they do , or who are clumsily trying to find out whether you do . |
| 13 | Do that , do that on sixty five divide by one hundred and eighty , multiply by the pi on your calculator , just one second Robin , yeah , it 's usually , it 's just theatrical , you should get , yeah , so you get the same answer , so you can either work it on ratings or you can write it like that , you could 've actually left it like that , if you come to the third by , you put thirteen over what is it ? eh |
| 14 | Th er er s drop-leaf tables are marvellous cos you get to the end of the side of your packing you see and you might have a gap just about the right size so in you put the wrapper you put the table in and you might have a little gap like left so you get the this the you get the er ironing board and put that in there . |
| 15 | Yeah , so you see the few selected ones that come from other schools and you instantly assume that their school must be much more er much better looking than ours . |
| 16 | Genetic differences may mean that although we eat the same diet , the level of cholesterol in your blood may be , say , 200 mg/100 ml ( 5–17 mmol/litre ) while mine is 300 mg/mI ( 7–76 mmol/l ) , giving me more than twice your risk of a heart attack . |
| 17 | they hundred years ago , although we use the same language as we do today |
| 18 | ‘ Like any hobby or job , it 's vital that we speak the same language , understand the same flying terms . |
| 19 | Of course , er we er , the provisos must be er that the er , that the prices or the costs at the Nuffield remain as competitive as they are at the moment , and of course , that we get the same very high quality that we er , that we already have . |
| 20 | Surely it 's time to talk to the United States about how they succeed by having a minimum wage in most states and giving trade union rights to people that we deny the same firms employees in this country . |
| 21 | The Samaritans petitioned the Syrian king in order to dissociate themselves from the Jews , to be considered Sidonians and to give to their god the name of Zeus Hellenios : " Now you have dealt with the Jews as their wickedness deserves , but the King 's officers , in the belief that we follow the same practices as they through kinship with them , are involving us in similar charges , whereas we are Sidonians by origin , as is evident from our state documents . |
| 22 | If we go to an exhibition together we find that we like the same paintings ; so I think it 's that we have an empathy in our way of painting , in the whole attitude to painting . |
| 23 | To say this would be to deny the universality of what Professor A. J. Ayer says it is natural for us to assume , namely that we use the same word in different situations because we have noticed a distinctive common feature . |
| 24 | following a review by the county surveyor we suggest further things which are automatic consultation with local members and indeed this process of public consultation be brought forward to the beginning of the whole procedure of traffic managing reviews , now that , that sort of consultation will be more in the nature of a public meeting than a semi-formal enquiry , but we recommend to you that we use the same sort of terminology so that the public appreciates that they are genuinely being consulted by the County Council , now if we find that there are very contentious proposals after an order has been published , er a C C H , a County Consultant of Hearing may still be held if as members you feel that 's something you want to do , because the objective of , of this whole concept of County Consultant of Hearings is to have er flexible arrangements so that the County Council can demonstrate its commitment with consultations at a local level to demonstrate that , that members in particular are hearing what local people er say and to set up procedures within the organization to give members , particularly local members more involvement in the traffic management review process , those are the recommendations Chairman which involve in the paper . |
| 25 | Suppose , says Keeler , that we apply the same analysis to other groups of plants — crops , say — and tot up their score on the scale of weediness . |
| 26 | Except that we love the same man , she added silently . |
| 27 | I proposed that we fish the same swim , which was large enough to accommodate both of us without the risk of crossed lines . |
| 28 | Furthermore , we would expect any doctor , not just our own , to behave in the ‘ proper ’ manner , in the same way that we expect the same sort of behaviour from all shop assistants , or all priests , or all fathers . |
| 29 | Although they use the same subject matter , the stories they tell about it may not match . |
| 30 | This makes the blacks seem inferior and that their religion , although they worship the same god , is unworthy of respect . |