Example sentences of "[vb -s] the same [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The current system of vouchers offers the same benefit to all staff , regardless of personal circumstances . |
| 2 | For instance , one of the signs that extremely and fast are united in a grammatical construction is the fact that the sequence extremely fast can be replaced by a single element , say , old , which has the same relationship to cars as does extremely fast ; furthermore , this substitution causes no grammatical change in the rest of the sentence . |
| 3 | In the sense that apple has the same relationship to fruit as dog has to animal ( i.e.' — is an immediate taxonym of — ' — see chapter 6 for the meaning of taxonym ) , that relation is of the sort known as ‘ many-to-one ’ . |
| 4 | Approaching from another angle , there is at least one answer which has the same claim to finality as ‘ I enjoy it ’ ( finality in the sense that no further reason may be demanded , although other reasons may outweigh it ) . |
| 5 | Example 4:3 Index-linked rent : upwards only YIELDING AND PAYING the annual sum of £ … ( " the basic rent " ) payable quarterly in advance on the 25th of March the 24th of June the 29th of September and the 25th of December in each year and in addition such sum payable on each of the above dates in advance ( " the index-linked rent " ) as bears the same proportion to one quarter of the basic rent as is borne by the figure shown in the General Index of Retail Prices ( " the index " ) for the month immediately preceding the months in which payment of any particular instalment of rent is due to the figure ( which is the figure shown in that index for the month of … ) minus one quarter of the basic rent PROVIDED THAT ( 1 ) if after the date of this lease the index is calculated by reference to a different base date or base figure then the index-linked rent shall be calculated as if that change had not taken place ( 2 ) if the index ceases to be published or if for any reason it becomes impossible or impracticable to calculate the index-linked rent then either the landlord or the tenant may by notice require the rent to be thenceforth reviewed at such times and in such manner as may be agreed between them or in default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall have regard to market practice prevailing at the time of such notice in relation to new lettings of property of the same type as the demised property ( 3 ) in no circumstances shall the total rent payable under this lease be less than the basic rent |
| 6 | Calligraphy — which literally translates as ‘ beautiful writing ’ — bears the same relationship to typography as post and lintel architecture does to the classical orders . |
| 7 | In a curious way — Letterman thinks — he bears the same relationship to Parisian life that the Hispanics have to LA life . |
| 8 | He came up with a sugar called 2-deoxygalactose ( 2-Dgal , which bears the same relationship to the sugar galactose as 2-DG does to glucose ) . |
| 9 | Reference is made to the unconstructive nature of housework tasks , to the emotionally frustrating sense of being on a treadmill that requires the same action to be repeated again and again ; |
| 10 | It is far weaker between Venus and the Earth and therefore the nearness with which Venus keeps the same face to the Earth at inferior conjunction ( section 4.1.2 ) is probably a coincidence . |
| 11 | I B M , U K has long established policies for managing its corporate social responsibility , and as I said earlier , applies the same principles to this as to any other business activity . |
| 12 | Forms To cater for the user who copies the same files to and from his laptop on a daily basis — and there must be quite a few who do — the second mode of operation is Forms mode . |
| 13 | Between one inferior conjunction and the next Venus rotates almost exactly five times as viewed from the Sun and four times as viewed from the Earth and therefore Venus almost presents the same face to the Earth at each inferior conjunction . |
| 14 | You can see that it therefore presents the same face to the Sun at every other perihelion and that any tidal bulge would lie along the Sun-Mercury line every perihelion . |
| 15 | Which means the same thing to me . |
| 16 | Communication is not achieved by putting something that means — one thing to us in front of someone else and hoping that it means the same thing to that other person . |
| 17 | " Hotel licence " which gives the same authorization to the holder as a public house licence except that the premises to which it applies are hotels . |
| 18 | Generic substitution enables the same drug to be dispensed by the chemist , albeit under a different band name . |
| 19 | An effective analyst provides the same service to the business as the doctor provides to the patient . |