Example sentences of "[am/are] [det] [prep] the same " in BNC.

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1 PAHs are some of the same group of cancer-causing substances that are found in cigarette smoke , oil and vehicle exhaust fumes .
2 Er no they 're all about the same depth are n't they ?
3 They 're all about the same , there 's hardly any difference in them .
4 I feel happier when they 're all under the same roof .
5 We 're all on the same side .
6 But the spectacle of a few Labour MPs begging for Nationalist arms to link with , on the grounds that ‘ we 're all on the same side , really ’ gives a degree of credibility to the Tory scare-story that it previously lacked .
7 ‘ Now we 're all on the same side .
8 Several mouthfuls later we 're all at the same table .
9 And , and , and I do n't think they 're all at the same place either are they ?
10 You 're all in the same dressing room .
11 Yeah , that needs to be signed and then we can use these and any future occasions when we 're all in the same place .
12 I mean we 're all in the same boat . ’
13 These strategies were exemplified in statements on the part of respondents such as ‘ count your blessings ’ , or ‘ we 're all in the same boat ’ , and in methods such as perceiving hardship as the forerunner of an easier future , or devaluing the importance of aspects which are noxious ( such as an unpleasant boss and colleagues ) and magnifying good aspects ( such as the convenient location and reasonable pay of the job ) .
14 It makes prisoners realise they can do something , and we 're all in the same society
15 ‘ In theory , we 're all in the same boat , ’ he told a newspaper .
16 We 're all in the same .
17 Yeah cos they 're all in the same set , cos they 're , cos they 're bo cos all of them are thick .
18 And they 're all in the same position .
19 So you 're , you 're both on the same bike , one , one of you is riding and one of you is riding pillion , is that right ?
20 ‘ Strange ’ — Agnes rose from the bed — ‘ we 're both of the same mind .
21 Yeah , but they 're , they 're both from the same place though mum .
22 But you listen to Richard and you listen to his sister and hear the difference and they 're both from the same place .
23 They are all about the same size — only a few centimetres long — with roughly the same shape , slim , approximately rectangular , with high foreheads and small pouting mouths .
24 ‘ They are all blonde and are all about the same size and although none of them are identical you would know they are from the same family .
25 ‘ And they are all about the same age and they are all boys who have never been in trouble with the police , but the people who taught them and their family were not exactly surprised at what happened . ’
26 Whether man or beast , we are all of the same essence , we all have a soul .
27 There are plenty of physical weavings : there are tapestries , rugs , knitted clothes , cat 's cradles , plaits , maypole ribbons ; there is knotting , crochet , basket-weaving , pot-coiling and many more skills which are all of the same basic craft .
28 There is a sense — the most important of all — in which Homer and Dante and Milton , Aeschylus and Shakespeare are all of the same age or none .
29 As they are all of the same family , could I breed from an Oranda and a Blue Carp ?
30 ‘ Your three specialists are all of the same opinion . ’
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