Example sentences of "its [noun sg] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the second incident of its kind on the same stretch of motorway , in two days . |
| 2 | In January 1983 , the water content of reservoirs in South Africa had fallen to 50 per cent of its level at the same time last year , and the 1982 maize crop was 40 per cent lower than the record of 40 million tonnes harvested in 1981 . |
| 3 | In 1991 , the NYOS earned nearly 60 per cent from sponsorship , compared to an average of 41 per cent for youth orchestras , while the SCO raised around 17 per cent of its income from the same source , double the national average of 8 per cent . |
| 4 | The government , publishing its reply on the same day , stated that it had no legal liability to pay compensation , rejected the report 's assertions that actions fell short of the standards appropriate to the regulator , and further asserted that the general handling of the licensing of the Barlow Clowes partnership was careful and considerate . |
| 5 | Australia has a marsupial " mole " , superficially almost indistinguishable from the familiar moles of other continents , but pouched , making its living in the same way as other moles and with the same enormously strengthened forepaws for digging . |
| 6 | If however each of the enterprises achieves more than two thirds of its turnover within the same single member state , then the merger does not come under the Regulation . |
| 7 | It is unlikely a team will get all the details of its programme at the same time as the call to the work . |
| 8 | Now the public may enjoy its stately grandeur and the magnificent flowering trees of its parkland at the same time , perhaps , pondering upon the enterprise and ethics with which the magnificent property was founded . |
| 9 | The accepted wisdom that bulk car manufacturers buy exclusive marques ( Chrysler and Lamborghini , et cetera in the hope of garnering reflected glory is misplaced : any benefit that might accrue to the Escort by dint of its coming from the same stable as the Virage would be heavily outweighed by the damage done to the Virage by the Escort . |
| 10 | Nick Price says that point to point is just like the cheltenham gold cup … its run under the same rules as the grand national … the big difference is that this is amateur … totally amateur … but its a boom sport and very popular in this area |
| 11 | By the end of The Order of Things , however , he revises this somewhat conventional thesis to suggest that what was involved was not so much a move from a static to a historical view of things as the break-up of a common , unified historical time-scheme in which every phenomenon had had its place in the same space and chronology . |
| 12 | That argument rests on the claim that the universe displays the hand of its Architect in the same way as a human artefact is recognisable as the work of an intelligent designer . |
| 13 | For example , the analysis of stylistic details of the representation on a coin , such as the treatment of the hair or the eye , and its comparison with the same features in other well-dated art forms such as vase painting or sculpture , should enable a date to be applied to a coin series , particularly in a period of rapid stylistic change in the arts ( such as early Greece ) . |
| 14 | Markham , Ontario-based Geac Computer Corp — which has been promising an acquisition a month over the next 12 months , got two under its belt for the same month in May : it has bought the UK end of struggling MAI Systems Corp , MAI ( UK ) Ltd , and has also picked up Tekserv Computer Services Ltd . |
| 15 | Sound waves are very different to water waves but the length of a sound wave changes with its frequency in the same way . |
| 16 | A rare form of Jack in the Green in which the calyx is striped along its length with the same colour as the flower . |
| 17 | Each amino-acid residue in the polypeptide chain is attached to its predecessor in the same way . |
| 18 | The main disadvantage to direct use lies in the fact that supply reaches its maximum at the same time as demand is at its minimum . |
| 19 | Given the number of mergers that have happened over recent years , it 's becoming a rare event when a firm can celebrate its centenary with the same name it started out with . |
| 20 | The Salvation Army in Canada was celebrating its centenary around the same time as Sri Lanka . |