Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [adv] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there is also in English a more substantial effect on linguistic form for all the separatives ; they are ungrammatical in predicative position , even when qualifying the same nouns that they can accompany fully acceptably in attributive position : ( 47 ) the king is/will be future fortunately , Dostoievsky 's execution was mock Likewise , in the attributive phrases in ( 48 ) , possible and occasional are separative , qualifying the relationship between the entity of the noun phrase and the descriptions RIVAL and SAILORS respectively , rather than directly qualifying the entity itself : ( 48 ) a possible rival now came on the scene Wilkes and Andersen are occasional sailors ( the last pair of words has much the same meaning as the phrase week-end sailors ) . |
| 2 | The ages range from 4300 Ma to 4900 Ma , and dust from maria sites displays much the same range as dust from highland sites . |
| 3 | Whatever the symbolic advantages of gender neutrality in the law of rape , in practice , whilst the structure of sexual offences remains essentially the same , the effect of such an innovation could conceivably be detrimental to male victims without being of any real assistance to female complainants . |
| 4 | Everyone who raced against him in his good years says roughly the same thing : as a driver , Emerson was enormously consistent , not especially aggressive , very thoughtful and possessed of an excellent racing technique , the source of which was undoubtedly a long apprenticeship spent in motor-cycle racing , karting , Formula Vee , in Renault Gordinis , sports-car racing and so on . |
| 5 | My feeling for girls has still the same nervous reverence of childhood or earliest boyhood , rather increased if anything , and only too excessive to be chivalrous . |
| 6 | The difference in log odds gives exactly the same rank order as the ratio of proportions did : the private schools ( HMC then non-HMC ) are the most exclusive in terms of selecting service class as opposed to working class children , followed by direct grant schools , then grammar schools , comprehensive schools , and technical schools , with secondary moderns bringing up the rear . |