Example sentences of "mean the same thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words mean the same things whatever they may be , so why should one be nicer or nastier than the other ? |
| 2 | As a result , becoming an adult and setting up a household no longer mean the same thing . |
| 3 | As both the active and the passive sentence mean the same thing , it is reasonable to ask why we need both . |
| 4 | One might even extend the idea and talk of semantic parallelism where two sentences are linked because they mean the same thing . |
| 5 | Does topic mean the same thing as theme , that is , what the message is about ? |
| 6 | Essentially , these three names mean the same thing — ‘ a piece of software ’ — and only differ in terms of size and complexity . |
| 7 | If you do see a sign like that please , or any words that mean the same thing , like no refunds , no money refunded , no money refunded on sale goods any of those phrases , will you please let Trad your nearest Trading Standards Office know . |
| 8 | For some of the work auditory sequences are presented to investigate the question of whether auditory and visual temporal patterns mean the same thing to the infant . |
| 9 | Any one else want to make any comments about this , or can I move on to what is headed in Mr 's criteria , area of no market demand , and one in which we had described , and it may well be coincidental , mean the same thing , be in a location where people want to live . |
| 10 | a natural request erm th the Liberal Democrat one is much more workers and er , and er they mean the same thing , and I think I would er ask for this group er support er the second one rather than the first one . |
| 11 | One solution is to assume that , since all men are in their most basic attributes ultimately alike and use similar mental processes , then they must mean the same things when they employ the same symbols and metaphors . |
| 12 | It 's strange that two quite different words can mean the same thing . |
| 13 | Naturally the poem does not mean the same thing for him as for Bilbo . |
| 14 | In some parts of the country spur and snag can mean the same thing , and in others have quite different meanings — but they are still caused by the same thing : bad pruning . |
| 15 | It 's strange that two quite different words can mean the same thing . |
| 16 | ‘ This bone is known as the ‘ femur ’ , ‘ Will ’ and ‘ shall ’ mean the same thing nowadays ’ ) . |
| 17 | In our country to exchange gifts does not mean the same thing . |
| 18 | Er y your use of the phrase self containment leads me to ask the question , which is that , well in my book it does n't necessarily mean the same thing as an integrated and balanced community , but I 'll put Mr Davis on notice to define what is meant by those adjectives . |
| 19 | But more important , once the semantics of the two constructions is examined , the hypothesis of meaningless variants must be ruled out once and for all : the two constructions do not mean the same thing . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The Landrat of Ebermannstadt in Upper Franconia , frank as usual in his comment , reported that people in his area Were too careful to say such things as ‘ Hitler will give us no peace till everything has had it ’ , but said instead ‘ there wo n't be any peace before … ’ , and meant the same thing . |
| 22 | There were several words that meant the same thing . |
| 23 | But this one , standing before me in her underwear , was immediately possessable , if possession means the same thing as physical penetration , or if possession is something you measure by its financial cost , and if possession is acknowledged to be temporary , a leasehold , an object you lose or abandon . |
| 24 | It is sometimes said of bodies such as the CICB that they owe their existence to exercises of ‘ prerogative ’ power , but in this context , this means the same thing as saying that the body was not set up by statute . |
| 25 | Which means the same thing to me . |
| 26 | Beware of small point sizes and avoid the mistake of thinking that 10 characters per inch means the same thing as 10 point , it does n't ! |
| 27 | Communication is not achieved by putting something that means — one thing to us in front of someone else and hoping that it means the same thing to that other person . |
| 28 | If the same word is used in more than one place in a document , it will be assumed that it means the same thing each time it appears . |
| 29 | Every time you learn one verb you have to learn another verb as well , which means the same thing , only in a different time-frame . |
| 30 | It still means the same thing . |