Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to do the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that they were only just recovering from making cuts last year , now they 're having to do the same again ; only this time there will be redundancies . |
| 2 | You 're trying to do the same thing but whereas in feudal exploitation |
| 3 | Last season he was trained by Oliver Sherwood , who turned him into one of the best novice hurdlers and now Henrietta Knight will be attempting to do the same over fences . |
| 4 | Every MS-DOS computer has a clock that can be used to do the same job as a stop watch . |
| 5 | Addiction research should be encouraged to do the same : to move beyond devising better therapies for those who wish to kick the drug habit , into the invention of safer , more effective and less habit-forming highs . |
| 6 | As parliamentary counsel continue to be harried to express meaning in a clear and accessible manner , perhaps the judiciary should be encouraged to do the same . |
| 7 | He says , most , if not all of his colleagues , will be forced to do the same . |
| 8 | I would have been forced to do the same myself . |
| 9 | Damon and Lee lit up cigarettes of their own at St John 's Wood , which they placed between the doors , and Chris and Kevin were going to do the same at Baker Street . |
| 10 | Betty Irving , deputy head of Musselburgh Burgh Primary School , said : ‘ When we were there , it was a wonderful week and we were determined to do the same for them . |
| 11 | The other manufacturers are trying to do the same but I think some of them are a bit behind Rover and they 've got to catch up . |
| 12 | Now he has retired , his successor , Llewellyn Smith , is expected to do the same . |
| 13 | Mum is going to do the same with her sewing . |
| 14 | Well Kerry 's going to do the same thing for twenty four . |
| 15 | And the writer has to keep conjuring the feeling in him or herself , to keep it there , if he/she is to hope to do the same for the readers . |
| 16 | Omri Serlin notes in his ’ FT Systems ’ newsletter that IBM is out to establish CICS as an industry standard , positioning it to compete with USL 's Tuxedo , Transarc Corp Encina and NCR Corp 's Top End and clearly threatening USL which is trying to do the same for Tuxedo . |
| 17 | Paula Yates is positioned as the fluffy bimbo , and Muriel Gray is the one who stalked through the set being rather rude to the bands and deconstructing the whole female persona ; I think she 's trying to do the same now with the chat show . |
| 18 | HP would know something about the exercise since it 's trying to do the same thing and the best it 's been able to come up with is the diskless 16Mb 715/33 for $5,700 or 525Mb 715/33 for $7,400 . |
| 19 | It 's trying to do the same work with the smaller amount of blood as it did with the full amount , ten pints perhaps reduced down to seven , got to keep pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , because that little bit of blood has got to get round and do a lot more work now , okay , so the blood 's rushing round and the heart is pushing faster because it 's having to , because it 's not enough of the , not so much pressure there , that 's why it feels weak , weak and fast , okay ? |
| 20 | poisoner who kills one of his nieces for profit after effecting an insurance on her life , and is planning to do the same to her sister , but is foiled by the cunning of the dead girl 's lover , Meltham , assisted by Mr Sampson , the manager of a City insurance office . |
| 21 | Frito-Lay recently slimmed its product line ; now its main rival , Borden , is planning to do the same . |
| 22 | Last night , Sam had tried to manipulate Clare , and now her grandmother was trying to do the same thing on his behalf . |