Example sentences of "be [art] [adj] as [art] " in BNC.

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1 If its percentage of second votes had been the same as the overall percentage of the constituency votes it then received , it would in 1983 have been guaranteed 165 seats instead of the 23 it actually won , and 147 instead of 22 in 1987 .
2 But since then our calendar year has been the same as the solar year .
3 They had three hundred and seventy three live children between them and on average they should of had twenty seven children with birth defects if they 'd been the same as the rest of the population , the non-criminal , non-prison erm erm erm non-prison population .
4 The prices are the same as a holiday in Amsterdam .
5 The normal rims are the same as SIII LWB , the heavy duty are the same as the old IIA and IIB forward controls and odd military fire engines , etc .
6 Whether the interests of shareholders are the same as the interests of the workers , the company and the country ( however ‘ interests ’ may be defined ) is possibly another matter .
7 If , as the advocates of the theory hold , ideas and thoughts are ‘ inner ’ and ‘ private ’ , then how can a speaker and a hearer , a writer and a reader , ever know that the ideas and thoughts that are evoked by an utterance are the same as the ideas and thoughts expressed by it ?
8 The basis of the freedom of central government is the idea that the contracting powers of central government are the same as the contracting powers of a private individual ; and those powers are basically defined by private law .
9 The aims of religion 's God are the same as the aims of reason — love of mankind and decrease in suffering .
10 This is adequate for left shift , at least as long as the bits shifted out are the same as the sign bit .
11 Hopefully they 're are the same as the ring , if not tick the other one .
12 Within observational uncertainties these are the same as the solar relative abundances , which are about 0.16 for He/H 2 and about 8 × 10 -4 for C/H 2 , compared with about 0.11 and about 8 × 10 -4 respectively for the Jovian atmosphere .
13 ( In the case of the force-carrying particles , the antiparticles are the same as the particles themselves . )
14 In this case , however , one member of the pair will be a particle and the other an antiparticle ( the antiparticles of light and gravity are the same as the particles ) .
15 The dimensions of [ η ] are the same as the reciprocal of the concentration .
16 " All our words for " " country " " " , he said , " are the same as the words for " " line " " " .
17 All are the same as the central tree , except that one gene , a different gene in each of the eight , has been changed — " mutated " .
18 So the neurotransmitters then bind to receptors which are which are the same as the channels , the channel is both the receptor , the ligan binder , and er and an ion channel , and it 's located at the postsynaptic membrane or at the surface of the muss muscle fibre if we 're dealing with a neuromuscular junction .
19 Farmers whose premium rights are the same as the number of ewes in their 1993 claim can not transfer any quota , ’ the ministry added .
20 However , the artist 's aims may not be the same as a record company's. so the manager has to vet what big business wants musicians to do .
21 There 's the half it 'd be the same as a half add a quarter .
22 Would that always be the same as a two times a three ?
23 In so many areas the advance man ( who may or may not be the same as the event organiser ) has the on-the-spot knowledge which headquarters staff or the committee can never have — and it 's a mistake not to get the maximum use from it .
24 The Kuwaitis certainly did not share their thinking with Sir Peter , but the message from the Gulf seems to be the same as the message from the London market — Lloyds is out of the running .
25 This may be the same as the eyebright-red-fescue dune of Robertson ( 1984 ) .
26 Remember that the rebuilding cost will almost certainly not be the same as the market value of your property .
27 People from a wide range of social backgrounds go to watch football , but their interest and involvement will not be the same as the hooligan fans .
28 The … carried forward should be the same as the amount of money in the petty cash box .
29 Furthermore , the weak coupling , Gv , for nuclear decay was measured to be the same as the coupling Gv , for another decay process , that of the muon .
30 Make sure that you have the correct address for the interview , which may not always be the same as the company 's main address .
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