Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] same " in BNC.

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1 They did n't do many subjects together and were only in the same group for French and history .
2 The driver 's morals were obviously of the same low standard as his/her driving , as no apology or name and address was left .
3 The Roman Church had become very powerful and dismissed the Greeks as impious heretics who were not on the same level as the holy church of the West .
4 Now I had a pair who were not from the same parents and who seemed fairly suited .
5 Hard solders , on the other hand , were usually of the same metal as the object they were used on , but alloyed with a few per cent of another metal in order to reduce the melting point .
6 In contrast , Bangladeshi babies sleeping during the day were always in the same room as other family members , in a relatively noisy , busy environment .
7 These differences were always in the same direction — more pronounced hormonal responses and more reporting of symptoms with porcine insulin .
8 The close identity between fans and their club has weakened as football has become big business and as the players , who were once from the same working-class community as the fans , have become rich superstars .
9 Many of the Kemsley provincial papers were still in the same group in 1987 as in 1947 , but now under a different owner .
10 Although you were still in the same quarter .
11 Mark and Clare were still in the same position .
12 The smooths bore little resemblance to the early skins , although they were clearly of the same descent .
13 In fact , she was fond of saying that FAMILY and the women 's liberation movement were both on the same side if they did but know it .
14 It is believed one of the major problems facing the clubs ' proposals then was the fact that they were both in the same league .
15 Here again , it was easy for the grandchildren to call in frequently : the two houses were both in the same ‘ raw — this ‘ raw ’ was a row of houses .
16 The boys were also from the same home .
17 No doubt many more boys were up to the same tricks , but convention ruled that they were better able to look after themselves .
18 We were not alone in our dilemma , for all the other prahus in the fleet around us were up against the same deadline .
19 Magic and medicine were often in the same melting pot .
20 The Doctor had assured them that they were now on the same level as they had started on , but Francis was n't convinced .
21 In patients with MEN 1 associated Zollinger-Ellison sydrome , howeve , diffuse and linear cell hyperplasia were roughly of the same order ( 53% and 47% , respectively ) .
22 Yes we had er ships wh we , they call erm these liberty ships come in from America loaded with bombs and when they moved them up there , well they call them down here they call them liberty ships and er the bombs were loaded , so they used to erm put all timber between each layer of bombs and they had proper carpenters who would fix all these and when the dockers went down , they put these bombs out , cos they were n't detonated , the detonators were in the fore end of the ship , right down the lower hull and erm the bombs were loaded into open trucks loaded into , well the dockers they thought it was dangerous , cos we had the Fire Brigade , that 's the fire service down there and standing by with the fire engines and dockers they wanted the , they want a shilling , I think it was a shilling a day extra , well a shilling extra something like that and there they got it the shilling or extra pound , cos us crane drivers we were n't on the same par as them , so we asked for a shilling .
23 Once we were there at the same time .
24 After an even start Oxford led by quarter of a length at the mile but Cambridge were ahead by the same distance at Hammersmith Bridge .
25 There were gruff mutterings of ‘ excellent story ’ or ‘ very good ’ from the two men , who were never in the same league and knew it .
26 Oh well Morse was on at the same time .
27 She felt almost sorry for Professor M. L. Vaughan , who was obviously in the same rank as her self-confident great-uncle , and differed from him on almost every point .
28 Henry VI was not of the same calibre as his father .
29 Lord Scarman 's inquiry was not on the same scale as the famous Kerner Report in 1968 on the US riots , but since the publication of his Report in November 1981 his views and prescriptions have played an important role in fashioning political debate about the riots .
30 Despite the repression practised by the Somoza regime in Nicaragua , its legacy of under-development was not on the same scale as that left by some 400 years of Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique .
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