Example sentences of "they [be] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it is helpful to think of the latter as debtor ( creditor-supplier ) agreements since this emphasizes the fact that in such agreements there is some connection between the creditor and the supplier : either they are the same person eg in the credit-sale , conditional sale , of HP agreement ; or there are business arrangements between them . |
| 2 | ‘ They wear similar clothes , and they are the same build and colouring when you come to think of it . |
| 3 | They are the same phenomenon as water seeming to appear on a dry English road on a sunny day . |
| 4 | Much of the literature on goals has linked recognition and power and concluded that they are the same goal set . |
| 5 | They are the same size , have the same green skin , and overall it would be hard to tell one from another were it not for their distinctive styles of dress and skin painting . |
| 6 | For the sake of graphic unity they are the same size as the blocks used elsewhere in this section . |
| 7 | Rigid plastic cisterns ( polypropylene ) have the advantage that they are the same size as the galvanised cisterns they replace . |
| 8 | Are you suggesting that he should replace McAllister because they are the same type of player ? |
| 9 | Sometimes , to show that learning is not forgotten , the two terms are run together in the phrase ‘ teaching and learning ’ , as if they are the same kind of activity with similar aims . |
| 10 | They are the same thing . |
| 11 | They 're the same suit , they 're close , they 'd score . |
| 12 | They 're the same kind exactly but they 're different colours that 's all . |
| 13 | Cos the others are different generations , they 're at a disadvantage cos they 're the same generation Andy |
| 14 | No they I think they 're the same type of people by and large , as as we had here before . |
| 15 | Always have been until now , but now they 're the same price everywhere . |
| 16 | Now they 're the same size as that popular teenage magazine BIG ! ! |
| 17 | No they 're a bit you know long for her but they 're the same size as she was wearing Jean and the other ones were too narrow for her feet . |
| 18 | No they 're the same size . |
| 19 | Suppose they 're the same family . |
| 20 | All right so you can see that they 're the same form . |
| 21 | Brothers sisters , they 're the same age as you more or less , not necessarily a good idea . |
| 22 | Yeah cos they 're the same age . |
| 23 | They 're the same pattern |
| 24 | They 're the same sort of thing they 're neutralizing each other . |
| 25 | The utterly expected , the utterly unexpected , can they be the same thing , she wondered . |
| 26 | He stood the boxes side by side and then realised that they were the same size . |
| 27 | Here one would think , and perhaps often , they were the same man ( see also below , pp. 64ff . ) . |
| 28 | But I looked today in erm cash and carry sport and they were the same price . |
| 29 | Mind I saw them in tt they were the same price in erm You Ca n't Go Wrong and tt the place opposite Woolworths in Caerphilly |
| 30 | but she said that they were the same price |