Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suspect that the Opposition are in the same muddle on this as on every other issue — including taxation , over the past three weeks . |
| 2 | The bed and bedhead are from the same era and are made of brass . |
| 3 | In sections 6.2 and 6.3 it was established that time-dependent potential differences across the secondary and primary windings of a unity-coupled , lossless transformer are in the same ratio as the turns ratio between these windings . |
| 4 | It makes a triangle with Beta and 16 Libræ ( 4.5 ) ; using × 7 , Delta and Beta are in the same field , but Beta and 16 are not . |
| 5 | If British industry were in the same powerful position as German industry , I might be a little more relaxed about economic monetary union , but I am worried about the time at which we are entering into new commitments . |
| 6 | ‘ At first I was dazzled , and covered my eyes , and there did n't seem the smallest change ; the roar of the Strand and the roar of the reef were like the same : hark to it now , and you can near the cabs and buses rolling and the streets resound . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The extra court sitting is on the same day as the other hearings so we have to rush between the courts . |
| 8 | Clearly , one aim is to ensure the election of a Parliament the House of Commons of which is of an efficient size , and the Members of which are elected in such a way that the vote of one elector is worth the same as another , neither more nor less . |
| 9 | Irony is at the same time a characteristic form of the contemporary imagination and a way of thinking the specific forms of engagement which the distractions of the everyday and the interruptions of its temporality might facilitate in television viewing . |
| 10 | Well , really , how to make a cup of tea is like the same thing as making a cup of coffee first you have to take the kettle to the tap , turn the tap on and fill up the kettle , then take the kettle back to the ma , erm , where you got it from and plug it into the wa wall . |
| 11 | It might be worth recalling Walter Benjamin 's view that there is always a verso and recto to history — each document of civilisation is at the same time a document of barbarism . |
| 12 | None the less , what the United States data imply is that the upward trend in recorded crime is in the same direction as actual victimization , although at a slower rate . |
| 13 | With loop-in wiring , the wires are labelled carefully , and drawn up into the space above the ceiling , where they should be reconnected in a junction box , in exactly the same way that they were connected in the ceiling rose , and a cable taken from this junction box to the light fitting through the hole in the ceiling ( if the new light fitting is in the same place ) . |
| 14 | The bodies of both these figures are even more angular than those of the other three women , and the planes that compose them are occasionally differentiated by touches of pure colour ; the body of the squatting figure is in the same darker tonalities of the head . |
| 15 | I ca n't believe the review is of the same show I saw . |
| 16 | The original deal was for the same time and same sum , but the difference now is that the new contract covers rugby only for the age bracket between 16 and 18 . |
| 17 | The bedroom was on the same level as the terrace , the small sitting-room and the kitchen , and so she waited for the sound of another door or footsteps on the stone staircase down to the entrance hall . |
| 18 | The cutlery was from the same state factory and had the same design and so did the plates , the menu , and the waiters . |
| 19 | She wondered if he ever dropped it ; she could sense that , however fluently he talked , however intently he listened — and he listened very intently — his mind was at the same time pursuing some other parallel track . |
| 20 | ‘ But the brother-in-law was in the same line of business . ’ |
| 21 | Sources from both clubs said they understood the new bid was from the same source , but an Argyll spokesman refused to confirm or deny that the company was behind the bid . |
| 22 | Version 5 however , is expected to include a facility to ‘ knit from the screen ’ , so if your computer and knitting machine are in the same room , you may find this more convenient than printing on to paper . |
| 23 | This is not a useful approach , because it assumes that all forms of intelligence are of the same qualitative type . |
| 24 | His two books of Intavolature ( Venice , 1542–3 ) contain four such ricercari ( together with organ Masses , alternatim Magnificats , hymn-settings , and free re-workings of two chansons by Josquin and Passereau ) , whereas the two examples in his father 's publication are of the same improvisatory nature as the German organ preludes and the early ricercari for luted Girolamo 's are actually more instrumental than the ensemble ricercari of Willaert and Buus ; the influence of hand on keyboard is apparent in more than ornamentation . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , if we adjust the above findings , they suggest that almost 40% of the public feel that mentally handicapped people should be segregated from the rest of society ; around the same proportion would dislike the idea of a mentally handicapped child being at the same school as their child and around 70% feel that mentally handicapped people should not be allowed to marry and have children . |
| 26 | Even under such conditions there may be cases where a weigher , from his own observations , is not satisfied that the vehicle is in the same condition as when tared . |
| 27 | ‘ I once heard her say ’ , Hortensia went on , ‘ that a large boy is about the same weight as an Olympic hammer and therefore he 's very useful for practising with . ’ |
| 28 | The bow is of the same openwork trifoliate design but has a additional small know mounted on the top . |
| 29 | Generally the extra cost for this type is around the same as for adding your own jacket — but the insulation wo n't fall off . |
| 30 | We feel that , for an Englishman , to ask this question is at the same time to answer it . |