Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [art] same " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the captives could not speak the same language , reasoned the slavers , they were unlikely to organize effective opposition . |
| 2 | Unfortunately he could not do the same at Newcastle in the FA Cup and , although he got leave of absence from school for the match , we were unable to prevent the Geordies from avenging their 1907 defeat . |
| 3 | He found , however , as he loped along , ostensibly to school , that he could not feel the same bitterness that he had done when he first started to write . |
| 4 | In his summing up Lord Griffiths said that if a family had lost its right to priority treatment through intentional homelessness , the parents could not achieve the same result ‘ through the back door ’ by applying in the name of a dependent child . |
| 5 | She regretted she could not say the same about his chest and general condition , and explained why in detail . |
| 6 | But he said the incidents were not being linked at this stage and he could not say the same people were responsible for each theft . |
| 7 | The break between ordinary and scientific knowledge seems to us so clear that these two types of knowledge could not have the same philosophy . |
| 8 | ‘ I never saw one thing she wanted that did not sell , ’ but nonetheless insisted that this undisciplined approach was unacceptable for a customer trying to furnish a house , who might have kept a sample for six weeks only to find she could not reorder the same fabric . |
| 9 | Now if they could just do the same to the beers themselves , and improve the taste , more people might be inclined to drink them . |
| 10 | Building society and bank deposit investors could hardly say the same . |
| 11 | Thus if more bonds and fewer Treasury bills were issued , the banks could still obtain the same amount of bills as before ( by paying a higher price ) , with other buyers getting less . |
| 12 | Pat you could also send the same letter to doctor of the Ministero M I N I S T E R O Dell' capital D E L L apostrophe , capital A G R I C O L D U R A Spise , small E , Spise Delle D E L L E space Foreste F O R E S T E in Italy , you have the address I 'm , I think , but if you have n't let me know . |
| 13 | With a slight change of wording it could also serve the same purpose for an individual , but its use as part of staff appraisal is not considered here . |
| 14 | Railcards , which currently give discounts off standard and reduced-rate fares to the young , the old and families — at least nationally accepted versions could also share the same fate , as could the combined rail-bus-underground Travel card in London . |
| 15 | Peirce could probably allow the same : his position rests upon the belief that there is a logical guarantee that induction will take us to the truth in the long run , but that our confidence in the short-run efficacy of the method is simply an ‘ acritical ’ commonsense certainty which may be susceptible to scientific explanation . |
| 16 | They just could n't give the same level of service . ’ |
| 17 | The wind was only slightly stronger and the reservoir a little choppier , but most of the others were out already and managing fine , so I saw no reason why we could n't do the same . |
| 18 | You probably could n't say the same for Howard Kendall — the Everton manager tried in vain to sign the big fellow from Luton earlier in the season . |
| 19 | Shame the British weather could n't say the same . |
| 20 | Mr. Andrew has always been devoted to Kate , Mr. Mottram , but I could n't say the same about her . |
| 21 | SINGER Paula Abdul , left , lost out when she could n't hit the same key as Frank Sinatra . |
| 22 | Say one about interrupting , one about topics , and one about perhaps interaction with children , one about er what Or you could even I mean if I did er I did a list of that you could even do the same one , you would n't have to do one each . |
| 23 | He could even use the same panel again . |
| 24 | A well-equipped sheltered housing scheme or rest home , suitably named ‘ Battle of Britain House ’ could well serve the same purpose . |
| 25 | Mr Hague could usefully ask the same question about the Esk Valley line , part of which runs at the opposite end of his constituency . |
| 26 | Instead of stressing the Frenchness of all Algerians , de Gaulle 's speeches stressed the equality of all citizens in Algeria , which could either mean the same thing or something quite different . |
| 27 | She was under no illusions — she knew he could never feel the same way about her , she knew too that she was storing up heartbreak for herself . |
| 28 | After that he could never feel the same again about his own fortunate life . |
| 29 | He may have concluded after he turned 40 that his career could never have the same impetus . |
| 30 | Now , with sales of around 2,600 cars a year , we could actually make the same profits as we did in 1990 with 3,300 sales . ’ |