Example sentences of "[prep] the same [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 He evidently also wrote to the earl of Northumberland for the same purpose since the earl was raising men in the East Riding on 16 June ( the day after the duke 's letter reached York ) .
2 He evidently also wrote to the earl of Northumberland for the same purpose since the earl was raising men in the East Riding on 16 June ( the day after the duke 's letter reached York ) .
3 Such courses may be of interest to you as a returner but they are not the same as re-entry programmes , and would not be recognised for the same purpose if you ever had to provide evidence of an updating course to your National Board .
4 Following questions in Parliament , the Department of Trade and Industry announced last October that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading UK export controls , and would be restricted .
5 On 17 October , Mr Sainsbury announced — ‘ in the light of publicity ’ — that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading export control .
6 It was formed in 1939 for the same purpose as the NL , to amalgamate and strengthen various extreme right-wing and pro-fascist movements .
7 These institutions are produced for the same purpose as neuroses are by the individual ; they are collective solutions for the problem of defence against unsatisfied wishes .
8 Urquhart had come to the Nowaks ' house , Blanche thought , for the same purpose as her — an illegal search for clues about Marek 's past activities .
9 I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself .
10 His aim was to show that you can cook wholesome , gourmet dishes for the same price as ordinary school dinners — 46p a head — and that children really love them .
11 Better foreign design may well mean no more than extra features being provided for the same price as the basic equivalent UK model [ CPRS , 1975 ] .
12 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 .
13 Assuming that the seller can then re-sell them elsewhere for the same price as the buyer had agreed to pay , the seller will suffer no loss .
14 Clearly , if the seller has been able to sell the goods elsewhere for the same price as the buyer had agreed to pay ( or a greater price ) the seller must refund the buyer 's part payment .
15 The new cars will sell for the same price as regular models , although the Ford say they will cost $100 more to produce .
16 Some experts claim the difference may be as much as 15 per cent , but producers in Austria--which leads the rest of Europe in RME use--claim they can make RME for the same price as diesel .
17 Several companies , such as Citroen , have started to offer diesel models for the same price as petrol-powered ones .
18 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 .
19 The integral malt loader was removed for the same treatment and refitted .
20 Even if they return to work for the same firm when their children go to school their seniority is lost .
21 One private carrier will not carry as a matter of certainty for the same money that another will , as the prospect of a return cargo affects the question .
22 The meeting recommends the Committee respecting the Lint Miller " to meet with the Lint Miller , and to show him such Evidence as they can recover respecting the weight of fflax in other Countrys — and Endevour to get him to agree to dress & deliver fflax for the same payment and by the same weight , and to report to the next meeting . "
23 That reasoning applies as much to several debtors each liable for the same debt as to debtors jointly and severally liable for such a debt .
24 It had responsibility for two institutions within five miles of each other , both established for the same function and both less than half full .
25 Inexplicably , two compulsory first-year lectures had been scheduled for the same day and time , and the error had only just been noticed .
26 ‘ Do I take it that you work for the same man as the two who broke into my house ? ’ she asked .
27 There must also be no opportunity for anyone to claim that you have been given , or are giving , preferential treatment which puts you or others at an advantage , for example , over other organisations who may be tendering for the same work or other colleagues working for the organisation .
28 In the final Mike McFarlane was drawn adjacent to Chidi and he also was disqualified , for the same offence as Cameron .
29 One of the suggestions , revolutionary at the time , which Swire put to his board in London , was that female clerks should work on an equal footing , and for the same pay as men ; and that Swire recruits earmarked for Eastern posts should learn Chinese .
30 Penny only wanted a West Country holiday , not the least ingratiating thing about her , and they took the same cottage that his Mum had rented , and they stopped , he and Penny , for the same coffee and the same stroll round the monument .
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