Example sentences of "[vb base] the [det] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If farms remain the same size as now ( 1 . |
| 2 | and that each remain the same thing although being described by a variety of different er descriptions . |
| 3 | The nearest human equivalent to purring is smiling , and we also make the same mistake when we say that a smiling man is a happy man . |
| 4 | In the end , they make the same decision as most others and decide to go ahead and have children , and to try to reconcile this with their material aspirations . |
| 5 | Does topic mean the same thing as theme , that is , what the message is about ? |
| 6 | Does learning to ride a bicycle or give an injection involve the same processes as learning the anatomy and physiology of the alimentary tract , or a foreign language , or learning to solve problems ? |
| 7 | ‘ The large number of calls from Merseyside involve the same problems as from elsewhere , but there is that extra chirpiness in the voice no matter what is wrong . ’ |
| 8 | The mosaics effect the same purpose as the Gothic portals in the great cathedrals : they tell the Bible story to a population which could not read . |
| 9 | The following graphs suggest the same behaviour as for the intensity — roughly linear over an interval , possibly a power or exponential . |
| 10 | Having intercepted the track fly the same heading as the track . |
| 11 | So for many of us , our preferences in particular cases pose the same puzzle as our more comprehensive rejection of the checkerboard solution as a general strategy for resolving differences over principle . |
| 12 | That 's not so worrying , but I feel that I 've been successful in my own right and I would erm like to think I deserve the same recognition as we 've both set same standards over the last twelve months . |
| 13 | They deserve the same immortality as Dorothy Osborne 's tiresome old suitor or Madame de Sévigné 's boring Breton neighbours , but Elizabeth in her charity has spared them this . |
| 14 | As he put it , ‘ not until the habits of the rich are changed and they are again content to breathe the same air and walk the same streets as the poor will East London be ‘ saved ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ My companion and I merely walk the same path as you do . ’ |
| 16 | and the ex-patriots receive the same services as Kuwaitis . |
| 17 | Travelling abroad , in defiance of all customary diplomatic niceties , the Romanian couple began to demand that the First Deputy Prime Minister receive the same awards as her husband . |
| 18 | Estimates of variation in DRS and SRS in sage grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus ) show the same trend though estimates of variation in DRS and LRS were similar in McVey 's ( 1981 ) study of dragonflies . |
| 19 | They show the same combination as the ivory and Cheramyes 's statue almost geometrically rounded forms with an extraordinary sensitivity of handling . |
| 20 | Brokers normally charge the same commission as on gilts . |
| 21 | It is the grubs of the weevil which cause the most destruction as they feed voraciously on roots and tubers . |
| 22 | He said that dichloromethane , for instance , has a very short atmospheric lifetime , so it does not get into the stratosphere and cause the same problems as CFCs , carbon tetrachloride or 1,1,1-trichloroethane . |
| 23 | How does she manage to go out on a training run the same day as she has run a major marathon when most other competitors are sitting with their feet up savouring the rest ? |
| 24 | The age equivalent indicates the age at which a sample of children without identifiable language handicaps obtain the same score as the target child . |
| 25 | Here was a fellow human , Canadian , and Montrealer who went to the same movies and read the same papers as you or I. 1 . ) |
| 26 | Yet students who have completed expensive training face the same difficulties as an untrained actor in qualifying for an Equity card . |
| 27 | as if there were n't enough problems for the leftwinger trying to give up , we also face the same difficulties as the ordinary , apolitical smoker does . |
| 28 | I face the same problems as a structural engineer . |
| 29 | Will the Minister commit himself and the Government to the development of the coal industry in Scotland and say more about the Government 's intentions for Monktonhall , lest Yorkshire face the same problems as Scotland , as the Bishop of Durham made clear this weekend ? |
| 30 | There , it might be argued , Merchiston Publishing , and our students , face the same dilemmas as many commercial publishers , particularly in the STM ( Science , Technology , Medicine ) field . |