Example sentences of "a [noun sg] is the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my view , for compensation purposes the position of an assignee in such a case is the same as discussed above regarding a statutory assignee . |
| 2 | For them a week in a tent is the same as six weeks . ’ |
| 3 | A horse is the same in that he may be fit for one type of work but not another . |
| 4 | The Act assumes that , in the case of a company with the share capital , becoming a shareholder is the same as becoming a member . |
| 5 | Thus , being known to be a criminal is the same as being one in terms of treatment . |
| 6 | The process of becoming a delinquent is the same as the process of becoming , let us say , a Boy Scout . |
| 7 | Both restrictive and non-restrictive adjectives in sentences such as ( 3 ) are alike in that they instantiate the P in : ( 6 ) [ P E ] The difference between the two possibilities is solely that , in cases of non-restriction , the speaker is aware that the identification carried out by the noun phrase as a whole is the same as it would be if the adjective ( limiting ourselves to adjectival instances ) were not present ; in essence , we have the situation as in ( 7 ) ( where the sign =i obviously stands for equality on the parameter of identification , and not for the intensional relation of equation ) : ( 7 ) In practice , the situation is almost always somewhat more complicated in English , because there will nearly always be a determiner ; thus the non-restrictive status of the adjective in the subject phrase of ( 8 ) can be represented by the formula ( 9 ) , with Pb as the adjectival property and Pc as the property inherent in the noun ( while Pa represents the word this ) : ( 8 ) this Christian Pope committed most unchristian acts ( 9 ) Nevertheless , the presence of other elements in a noun phrase beside the non-restrictive adjective and the noun itself in no way alters the principle involved . |
| 8 | For very distant objects these stars themselves are too faint to be visible , but if you look at clusters of galaxies , we find that the very brightest galaxy in a cluster is the same brightness in all clusters and so the fainter it looks to us the further away the cluster of galaxies must be . |
| 9 | The routine for using a punchcard is the same whatever stitch you 're knitting . |
| 10 | This " instruction " for how to use a colon is the same as the instruction for how to use a semicolon . |
| 11 | CARDINAL : They re , for a Quaker and a Jesuit is the same thing . |
| 12 | A rumtopf is the same sort of thing , in other words an earthenware container , but it usually has a lid on , and its purpose is to preserve soft fruits in alcohol . |
| 13 | Well , to me running costs would n't be and the cost of towards borrowing a house is the same way you know . |