Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [verb] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | A patriotic feeling or the witnessing of a noble or generous action can evoke the same emotion . |
| 2 | Why keep wasting 13 years when Labour can prove the same point in less than half the time . |
| 3 | However , it seems that the relation is not quite the same , for there is no comparable way in which a hearer can express the same wonder or wish by assenting to the sentence as uttered by the speaker . |
| 4 | Assume , purely for ease of calculation and exposition here , that the rival can achieve the same learning rate , that demand is not price-sensitive and that , if the rival enters the market , sales will be divided equally between the two rival companies . |
| 5 | We do it when we decide that the sibling rule — that a child can attend the same school as a brother or sister — does not apply ( the assumption here must surely be that siblings can belong to different species ) . |
| 6 | A marriage can do the same , provided the couple are prepared to talk things through and really want to make a go of it . |
| 7 | In some parts of the country spur and snag can mean the same thing , and in others have quite different meanings — but they are still caused by the same thing : bad pruning . |
| 8 | Although Quattro Pro 4 ca n't be said to make any task easier than in an equivalent Windows spreadsheet , what it does prove is that with very little limitation a DOS product can manage the same job as a Windows product any trouble at all . |
| 9 | As to honest Partridge , he meant no wrong , for he is so bold a mountaineer , he can go anywhere that a sheep can ; and I dare say thinks every person can do the same . ’ |
| 10 | All forms of charity can have the same unfortunate , unintentional impact . |
| 11 | Repeated put downs , rejections , and criticism can produce the same feelings of confusion , fear of all authority figures , guilt , low self esteem , seeking for love , and other reactions listed by Campling . |
| 12 | The British Government can not order people to label inhumanely produced veal , but consumers can demand it , supermarkets can provide the labelling and the restaurant trade can do the same if it is so minded . |
| 13 | Also , this method can achieve the same accuracy by using a best-few search which explores more alternatives during portions of the utterances where credibility is low . ’ |
| 14 | Formally clipped bay-trees trimmed into shapes as balls , pyramids or cones look superb outside front-doors or as eye-catchers on a terrace or patio ; rosemary can serve the same purpose , and in a smaller way , so can rue , lavender , sage and cotton lavender . |
| 15 | Coming off the Pill can have the same effect . |
| 16 | Since FSP theorists do not take sentence position as the only criterion for assigning thematic status to clause elements , it follows that two alternative formulations of the same message can have the same thematic analysis . |
| 17 | Medical diagnosis involves social skills ( Melhuish , 1979 ) but as discussed earlier the basis and development of these skills is not dissimilar from other cognitive skills and correspondingly the training can follow the same principles ( Singleton et al . , |
| 18 | Now , some people take the view that replica guitars are always completely justified ; USA-made instruments are over-priced , they argue , and if a Far Eastern company can make the same product for half the money , then what 's the problem ? |
| 19 | No other country can boast the same range of masterworkshop , workshop , village and nomadic rugs , and none even comes close to the diversity of Persian design . |
| 20 | ‘ Our commitment to adopt the Social Charter should remain a priority objective so that employees in our country can achieve the same rights and opportunities as their Community counterparts . ’ |
| 21 | The examination of the use of the infinitive with auxiliary verbs shows that the bare infinitive can express the same meanings of actualization and potentiality observed with the to infinitive . |
| 22 | It is probably highly unlikely that a firm which earns , say , 20 per cent from one productive opportunity can earn the same return from all other productive opportunities . |
| 23 | Solitude adds a special quality to a walk and bad weather can do the same — though it does mean that many of us prefer to stay in the lowlands more often . |
| 24 | This is the occasion when a reader can visit the same show and make a personal assessment of how helpful the art critic has been . |
| 25 | A good private dealer can offer the same advantages as a retail outlet , including home trials , often at considerably lower prices . |