Example sentences of "[vb infin] to the same thing " in BNC.
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1 | At once she thought : I could have taken two thousand , three — it would come to the same thing . |
2 | Three times eight or eight times times three does n't matter which way you do it , it 'd come to the same thing . |
3 | We may contrast with this the phrase semantic components , where the two interpretations are virtually indistinguishable ; it will be seen that this phrase will always come to the same thing in practical terms , whether we regard the components as being semantic , with ascriptive use of the adjective , or as components connected with semantics , taking the associative interpretation . |
4 | Although many sentences with this surface sequence will always come to the same thing pragmatically , whichever of the two constructions is assumed ( this is one of the features which can make careful syntactic analysis such a delicate matter ) , it is nonetheless possible to find some which are open to either syntactic interpretation but with a clear difference in meaning ; this will then help to throw the syntactic difference into relief . |
5 | ‘ I expect it 'll come to the same thing in the end , ’ Zen told him as they shook hands . |
6 | ‘ It 'll come to the same thing in the end , ’ he 'd told Luciano Bartocci . |
7 | And literature will amount to the same thing : all writers are copycats . |
8 | In America 's case that should amount to the same thing . |
9 | Two sets of words may amount to the same thing , but one set may be caught by the Act and another set not . |