Example sentences of "giving the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even worse , we had the Chairmen of the Whitley Councils publicly giving the same message . |
| 2 | Corbett introduced himself , giving the same reason for his curiosity as he had earlier . |
| 3 | A collective agreement ( i.e. with one or more trades unions ) effectively giving the same rights as in one or other of the previous two options to the members of those trades unions ( but not , it would seem , to all employees ) |
| 4 | Half a century later the top-hatted , side-whiskered Stingy Uncle in Punch was giving the same advice . |
| 5 | As a housewife and knitting club member , she ‘ took the plunge ’ and opened Woolwork nearly ten years ago and Meryl reckons the success of the shop is due to Lena 's attitude of giving the same smiling service whether the customer wants a cone of yarn or the latest machine . |
| 6 | Rather than giving the same recognition to differences among literacies which he proposes to be differences among languages , he uses what is in fact the ‘ autonomous ’ model of literacy as the basis for arguments about the specific nature of the English language . |
| 7 | So that , no matter what they do , they are more or less giving the same performance each time . |
| 8 | They seem unskilled in the simple acts that console women when they are distressed — like being held gently for as long as they need to be held , making murmuring noises rather than using words ( or even worse , forming sentences ) , wiping tears away and blowing noses … in other words giving the same comfort which you would give to a child . |
| 9 | If you watch an effective policeman or nurse giving the same information to a row of people from different backgrounds , you will be surprised at the range and flexibility of the instinctive code switching . |
| 10 | The disadvantages are that the single battery has less stamina than a pod of AAs giving the same voltage , and the female terminal can splay ( or the segments fold under if the battery is installed carelessly ) . |
| 11 | D.& C. Builders v. Rees ( below , p. 267 ) decides that there is no material distinction between giving a small sum in cash and giving the same amount by a negotiable instrument . |
| 12 | The depth of focus will be small if the lens aperture is larger , ‘ stopping down ’ will bring the extreme rays closer to the axis so that the true focus can be further from the film while still giving the same size of blur spot . |
| 13 | ‘ I may die in five years time — hopefully someone else will be there giving the same message . ’ |