Example sentences of "[noun pl] for the same [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Evidently , different dictionaries can provide quite different definitions for the same word .
2 A grim Panorama programme on BBC television on May 17th highlighted the problems of Britain 's increasingly insecure workforce : milkmen working longer hours for the same money , CD stackers sacked just before the two years after which their jobs would be legally protected , betting-shop workers thrown out if they refuse to work evenings .
3 Market demand for it has been much higher than expected and there is n't the manufacturing capacity to build both four and five-speeds for the same application .
4 Various Grand Met managers and executives now take the Institute of Chartered Secretaries ’ exams for the same reason that I did .
5 ( Hawks wear bells for the same reason as mountain cattle — so you can hear them when you ca n't see them . )
6 The Russians learnt to adapt this system to their climate as they adapted roof and dome pitches for the same reason .
7 Different foods have different calorie values for the same weight .
8 The main point about this example was to show that social roles which speakers of English would ordinarily assume to be alternative titles for the same individual , e.g. , " father " , " husband " , " begetter of wife 's children " , are not only distinguishable but may be distributed in quite unexpected ways .
9 Saving throws are not included on the profiles for the same reason , as they may vary depending on what armour you choose to buy .
10 Saving throws are not included on the profiles for the same reason , as they may vary depending on what armour you choose to buy .
11 Saving throws are not included on the profiles for the same reason , as they may vary depending on what armour you choose to buy .
12 The International Air Transport Association has also been held to be subject to the EC competition rules for the same reason .
13 The solution may be stable on either the success or the failure surfaces for the same value of the logical rigour factor .
14 If they do not , then the ‘ pussy ’ miaows two more times for the same response and possible penalty before trying to get someone else to laugh .
15 The number of fully established senses is presumably finite at any one time ( though it may differ for different members of the language community , and at different times for the same speaker ) .
16 Corresponding times for the same band in second take only 0.5secs or so more , and even by using third they are barely lengthened by 1sec .
17 A number of sub-committees were set up to put into effect the directions of the Poor Law Commissioner and at a meeting on 23rd September l835 , it was found administratively convenient to group the parishes into Northern and Southern districts , an arrangement which has persisted in the health service in Bedfordshire in various forms for the same reason up to the present day .
18 Volume users should pay 30% to 40% less than on analogue cellular , lower-volume users will get three times as many minutes for the same price as cellular .
19 Fats contain more than twice the amount of calories as carbohydrates or proteins for the same weight .
20 The pupil can : 2a associate appropriate units with the quantity to be measured ; 2b relate units for the same measure to each other ; 2c relate a given unit to an everyday object with a sensible numerical value .
21 ‘ But clearly , although they are not producing computers for the same sector of the market place , they are both manufacturing plants . ’
22 Used for example to indicate the connection between two modules used on different computers for the same purpose .
23 Losses for the same period last year totalled 33,085 .
24 There are not many precedents for the same Secretary of State and the same Permanent Secretary serving together for the best part of six years .
25 I had missed it on its first appearance , around 1974 , but considering the excellent standards of Baudo 's other Honegger recordings for the same label , it would be a mistake to overlook it entirely .
26 This occurs where general offers are made by two or more separate offerors for the same target company .
27 Since intracommodity spreads are concerned with the relative prices of different delivery months for the same future , the pattern of prices for different delivery months is of interest to a spread trader .
28 Several companies , such as Citroen , have started to offer diesel models for the same price as petrol-powered ones .
29 By billing different companies for the same visit to the same city , and padding each bill , Roscoe managed to clear $150,000 in income last year , $100,000 the year before .
30 The three polymerases show slightly different affinities for the same promoter .
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