Example sentences of "often [prep] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a great deal of noise and the shouts of ‘ Cover ! ’ and ‘ Touchee ! ’ were as loud as any Australian Test Team appealing for L.B.W. and often with the same lack of justification . |
| 2 | If Day-Lewis is the movie 's greatest strength then its most noticeable defect is that it was shot by two different cinematog-raphers , often with the same scene lit very differently as if taking place at contrasting times of day . |
| 3 | Magic and medicine were often in the same melting pot . |
| 4 | Radiohead , from Oxford , are like a supercharged version of the House of Love , whipping up a storm then slowing things down , often in the same song ( the brilliant ‘ Blow Up ’ and ‘ Stop Whispering ’ ) . |
| 5 | are not aware of the unreality of their original pictures which is why , often in the same sentence , they produce these contradictions . |
| 6 | In fact , the treaty of Munster was in Latin and in the negotiations " Latin , French , Spanish and Italian seem to have been indiscriminately used … often in the same conversation " . |
| 7 | More than half the money borrowed by Mexico , Venezuela and Argentina during the last ten years has effectively flowed out the back door , often in the same year or month it flowed in . |
| 8 | I once heard Dr Starkie lecture , and I 'm glad to report that she had an atrocious French accent ; one of those deliveries full of dame-school confidence and absolutely no ear , swerving between workaday correctness and farcical error , often within the same word . |
| 9 | Musically , he 's a pop polymath , flitting between funkadelia , acid rock , deep soul , schmaltz — often within the same song . |
| 10 | The conversion of low income dwellings into owner occupied properties or high rent luxury accommodation has forced the poor to consume less housing space , often within the same borough and homelessness and council waiting lists are increasing — in part a consequence of rehabilitation . |
| 11 | Among Punjabis in Delhi who are often from the same peasant background as Punjabi immigrants to Britain a ‘ modern lady ’ is a ‘ respectable ’ urban middle-class woman . |
| 12 | Freeze frame is also possible with most videocassette machines but the picture is often unstable and the tape can be damaged if it is stopped too often at the same point . |
| 13 | No convincing reason has been given for treating onshore and offshore workers differently — often by the same company . |
| 14 | In the Lutheran lands the ‘ spiritual song ’ was cultivated with the same variety of treatment , often by the same composer . |