Example sentences of "they [be] [vb pp] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a little thought will show what a nonsense this is , for , as we have just seen , no two individuals manifest their illnesses in exactly the same way even if they are given the same disease label . |
| 2 | We do not object to women working the keyboards , so long as they are paid the same wages as men . |
| 3 | They are paid the same as people who can teach brilliantly . |
| 4 | The TA bring up the rear , dressed in their lightweight trousers , boots and shirts ; many a member of staff and Regular recruit wishes that they were dressed the same , as the sun is high in the sky and their No 2 dress is somewhat warm . |
| 5 | They should have been , as they were given the same rations as a British farm labourer . |
| 6 | Olive Saunderson and Norman Field met and fell in love in predictably romantic circumstances when the Fields and the Saundersons were guests on board Lord Vestey 's yacht on a cruise to Norway in 1909 They were married the same year in Dublin and returned to England to set up home . |
| 7 | After all , they were paid the same sum whether Nigel arrived by Rolls Royce or dustcart . |
| 8 | They were offered the same curriculum as the rest of the unstreamed class , i.e. they were on course to fail the 11 plus . |